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p/spell-it-outAcronyms & word shortenings used in the tech industry
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Michael Lee

Spell It Out - Spelling out tech acronyms so you can be in the know.

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Spell It Out spells out tech acronyms, abbreviations and word shorternings found in the tech industry so you can be in the know.

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Michael Lee
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Hey everyone! Have you ever been in a situation where a colleague, speaker or organizer in the tech industry used an acronym as if everyone knew what it meant? Did you feel like you were the only one who wasn’t in the know because you didn’t know what it meant? Yeah, I’ve been in that situation far too many times. It’s for this reason I created Spell It Out - http://www.spellitout.xyz A site that spells out acronyms, abbreviations and word shortenings often used in the tech industry.
Daniel Li
@michaelsoolee What if there are conflicting acronyms? Like IP - https://www.spellitout.xyz/ip-in...
Michael Lee
Maker
@d4nyll hey hey Daniel! Thanks for checking out the site and asking this question. As you’ll see each acronym has a unique URL. Where the scheme is “/acronym-spelt-out”. This should allow for acronyms with the same letters but different meanings to be added to the site. As for the glossary right now it’ll just list duplicates but point to their respective URLs but there isn’t anyway to differentiate them visually. Since each acronym has a unique url I plan on handling this by first pointing to the base acronym url and then pointing to each individual acronym from there. Thanks again for the great question! If you’ve got a solution in mind I’d love to hear it to make the site more useful for everyone :)
Daniel Li
@michaelsoolee What you proposed sounds like a good idea. I really like the Spell-it-out idea since I had a similar struggle to you previously, but with development tools instead. I created a repo called Hoardnet (https://github.com/brewhk/hoardnet), and we got to about 50 tools (https://github.com/brewhk/hoardn...) but I didn't have time to finish it. I'll definitely keep an eye on this and see how you resolve issues that come up. Good luck!
Michael Lee
Maker
@d4nyll oh very cool. Thanks for sharing and for having interest in Spell It Out :)
Antony Bearpark
It's a good start. I think this could be helpful for branching out into different industries. There are many acronyms people encounter but don't know the meaning of
Michael Lee
Maker
@antonybearpark thanks Anthony for checking out the site and for sure! I can see many applications for it. Just wanted to initially stick with an industry I was familiar with first. Any particular industry you’d like to see next being covered?
Brian Mulyadi
@antonybearpark @michaelsoolee I previously worked in the shipping industry, chartering vessels, tankers, etc. There are thousands of acronyms that are very crucial in day-to-day business activities!
Brian Mulyadi
Straight-forward function, extra kudos to the UI, superb!
Michael Lee
Maker
@brianmulyadi thanks a lot Brian for the kind words and checking out the site :)
Mike Weldon

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Makes me smart!

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Michael Lee
Maker
Ha, glad it helps make you smarter Mike! Thanks for checking it out :)
Deep Dave

Quick submiission, I submitted couple of Acronyms and it was available within 24 hours!

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Great collection of acronyms and initialism!

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Michael Lee
Maker
Thanks for the great review and the kind words :) I do my best to make sure Spell It Out is up to date with the latest submissions. Thanks so much for contributing!
valère✏️
Could it also work for the emoji domain names thing? like: 💡☁️-> Clever cloud (https://💡☁️.ws) And what would be the product hunt one? 😸🔫.ws ?
Michael Lee
Maker
@valereonmobile I love emojis but I'm not too versed in emoji domains. Could you elaborate your idea?
valère✏️
@michaelsoolee Hi michael, It's just like acronyms but with emojis instead of letters. 🏠🎉House Party 🍑Peach 👻Snapchat 🐐Goat Some are officially used by apps to communicate, and even sometimes they have the domain. I don't know how much there are, but it could be a fun addition to Spell It Out to have emojis acronyms.
Michael Lee
Maker
@valereonmobile I love emojis therefore I think this idea is pretty sweet Valère will look into this idea some more. Thanks for letting me know!