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by michael_michael 718 days ago
There are a few blog title/conference talk title cliches that I would love to toss in a volcano and never hear again:

X, or how I learned to stop worrying and love Y

X for fun and profit

A tale of two X

X considered harmful

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Most Hated: A tale of two cliches for fun and profit, or how I learned to stop worring and love things considered harmful.
Alternatively: A tale of two things considered harmful, or how I learned to stop worrying and love fun and profit
> how I learned to stop worring and love things considered harmful

That just sounds like my life.

That said, if someone could deliver on a talk that talked about bucking software developer fashion to get things done, I'd be ready to watch that.
Also

X considered harmful considered harmful

And in ML/NLP papers:

X is all you need

I find it especially annoying as it's never even true.