Microspeak: Closing out, duping out February 20, 2024 Feb 20, 2024 02/20/24 Raymond Chen Making work items no longer appear on a query.
Microspeak: Locked and loaded December 19, 2023 Dec 19, 2023 12/19/23 Raymond Chen Armed and ready, with the suggestion that no further changes will be needed (or accepted).
Microspeak revisited: Line of sight November 21, 2023 Nov 21, 2023 11/21/23 Raymond Chen A fancy way of saying unimpeded network connectivity.
Microspeak: Baseball card March 7, 2023 Mar 7, 2023 03/7/23 Raymond Chen A one-page summary, and this time we mean it.
Microspeak: Breaking into jail November 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 11/22/22 Raymond Chen Just asking for trouble.
Microspeak: Break glass September 27, 2022 Sep 27, 2022 09/27/22 Raymond Chen Metaphorically breaking the glass in case of emergency.
Microspeak: The one-pager July 19, 2022 Jul 19, 2022 07/19/22 Raymond Chen Rarely ever one page long.
Microspeak: Inside baseball June 28, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 06/28/22 Raymond Chen Specialized jargon comprehensible only to a select few.
Microspeak: Righteous November 16, 2021 Nov 16, 2021 11/16/21 Raymond Chen A colloqualism that has become a preferred adjective.
Microspeak: Persona September 14, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 09/14/21 Raymond Chen A template for a prototypical user.