5 Commonly Used Idioms in the Tech Industry, Vol. 1

Bikeshedding, rubber ducking, dog fooding, bus factors, yak shaving…what the heck are my colleagues even saying?

Karina Chow
Level Up Coding
Published in
9 min readJul 30, 2021

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An image of Ernie from Sesame Street wearing a tech hoodie and holding up a rubber duck
What if Ernie were a tech bro? 🤔

People working in tech (developers especially) have an interesting vernacular that makes it difficult for many to understand. Our acronyms and idioms are packed with implied meaning, coming…

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🇨🇳 🇩🇪 Creative technologist based in Brooklyn and SF. Writes about technology × design × art × psychology. Previous eng @Patreon, @Honor, @Microsoft