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There have been many improvements in making documentation more inclusive across the IT industry which shouldn't be scoffed at. The first that comes to mind is changing "master" and "slave" to "primary" and "secondary" (or "replica" etc.) because references to slavery is inconsiderate to many.
I don't think pile-ons are productive, but I think inclusive language and thinking is important.
You must construct additional pile-ons.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-must-construct-additional-pylons
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/thats-the-joke
I know. I just put it there for those readers not necessarily in the know.
And I specifically thank you for it. I didn't know there was a meta reference going on. Upvoted @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com for excellent joke craft on account of it
Ah gotcha I thought you were correcting my spelling haha. My mistake!