5 exercises on pronouncing DevOps and engineering acronyms aloud.
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How is "CI/CD" pronounced?
CI/CD is spelled out: "C-I-C-D" /siː aɪ siː diː/ — "see, eye, see, dee," sometimes with a slight pause at the slash ("C-I, C-D"). It stands for "Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (or Deployment)." So "set up a C-I-C-D pipeline", "the C-I-C-D runs on every push." Do not blend it into "sid-sid." Each letter keeps its standard name.
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How is "IaC" (infrastructure as code) pronounced?
IaC is said "I-a-C" /aɪ eɪ siː/ — "eye, ay, see" — even though the "a" (for "as") is written lowercase, it is still spoken as the letter "ay." It stands for "Infrastructure as Code." So "we manage it with I-a-C", "an I-a-C tool like Terraform." Do not blend it into "yak" or "eye-ack." All three letters are pronounced.
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How is "SRE" (site reliability engineering) pronounced?
SRE is spelled out: "S-R-E" /ɛs ɑːr iː/ — "ess, arr, ee." It stands for "Site Reliability Engineering" (or an engineer in that role). So "the S-R-E team owns the on-call rota", "she works as an S-R-E." Do not blend it into "sree." Each letter keeps its standard name; "R" is "arr" /ɑːr/.
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How is "YAGNI" (you aren't gonna need it) pronounced?
YAGNI is said "YAG-nee" /ˈjæɡni/ — two syllables, stress on the first, "yag" (short /æ/, hard g) plus "nee" /ni/. It stands for "You Aren't Gonna Need It," an Extreme Programming principle against over-engineering. So "drop that feature — YAG-nee", "a YAG-nee violation." It is said as a word, not spelled out. Compare "DRY" which is usually spelled "D-R-Y."
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How is "WIP" (work in progress) pronounced?
WIP is heard both ways: spelled out "W-I-P" /dʌbəljuː aɪ piː/ ("double-u, eye, pee") and, increasingly in dev chat, as the word "wip" /wɪp/ (rhyming with "tip"). It stands for "Work In Progress." So "mark the PR as W-I-P" or "it is still a wip." Both are understood; the single-syllable "wip" is convenient. Do not say "weep" or "vip."