It’s all Greek to me
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
In my post about Proofuction I described that term as the state a system is in when it was created as a proof of concept and rushed into production use without the usual productionization steps being taken.
A related set of terms I would like to coin is with respect to early versions of things being described as Alpha or Beta. Often with proofuction systems, components are included that aren’t really ready for prime time.
I propose the following new greek letter designations:
Gamma: like Alpha or Beta, but radioactive, unstable.
Delta: Like Alpha or Beta, but constantly changing and requiring updates.
I’m sure you all can think of examples of these in your own proofuction projects.
In my post about Proofuction I described that term as the state a system is in when it was created as a proof of concept and rushed into production use without the usual productionization steps being taken.
A related set of terms I would like to coin is with respect to early versions of things being described as Alpha or Beta. Often with proofuction systems, components are included that aren’t really ready for prime time.
I propose the following new greek letter designations:
Gamma: like Alpha or Beta, but radioactive, unstable.
Delta: Like Alpha or Beta, but constantly changing and requiring updates.
I’m sure you all can think of examples of these in your own proofuction projects.
