"What the hell is a 'slice' of an app?" — dev mocks AI coding jargon
vboykis · x · 2026-11-10
vboykis mocks a new piece of AI coding jargon: "respectfully, what the hell is a 'slice' of an app? 'i've rewritten your app slice'".
As AI coding tools multiply their marketing vocabulary, vague concept words like "slice" are now being used to describe parts of an app — confusing even experienced developers. A snapshot of AI-circle language drift.
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