Programmer Humor

I personally think the change from master & slave was kind of silly, as far as I'm aware, it was a bunch of people with no background in CS who thought the application of the term to something that has neither race nor agency was an insult to black people.

But I digress. It led to better guidelines in the Linux kernel, which I think are useful. You should tailor the terms you're using to the specifics of the task. If you have a master process that only has outward interfaces through the slave processes, you could use the term 'director' and 'actor.' if the master process is managing slave processes which compete over the same resources, you can use the terms 'arbiter' and 'mutex holder.' If the slaves do some independent processing the master does not need to know the details of, you can use the term 'controller' and 'peripheral.'

Basically, use a term that is the most descriptive in the context of your program.

Edit: also, I don't know why no one mentions this, but you can also use master/servant. Historically, there wasn't a difference between servant and slave, but in modern days there is, so it's technically different, technically the same.

Perhaps people offended by the usage of master/slave in IT need to understand it isn't talking about people

Domme and Sub?

Brain and Limb.

cult leader and cult follower? but that just seems too long

Cerebrate and Drone

Lol haven't heard queen and drone... Might use that in the future!

There are many articles around this topic and offerered alternatives. Though I don't think there's a consensus yet. Companies and individuals who made the change all did something slightly different.

There is, it's controller and peripheral

• git rebase fuck
• git checkout fuck
• git checkout -b me
• git diff fuck..me

I mean....

Yeah, depending on the word, it can invoke specific feelings. Words don't end to have that effect...

You forgot the - f

head is the default branch on remotes. Why not local too?