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Release Evidence is a GitOps term for the logs, commits, checks, and status signals that show what changed and why. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Release Evidence before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Release Freeze is a GitOps term for a period when normal releases are paused to reduce risk. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Release Freeze before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Describing a thought, person, or thing that occupies mental space constantly without invitation — to be "living rent free in someone's head" means they can't stop thinking about it even if they don't want to. The "rent free" part suggests they're getting space without paying for the privilege.

“That comment from my ex is still living rent free in my head two years later.”

Repo Per Environment is a GitOps term for a GitOps layout where each environment has its own repository boundary. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Repo Per Environment before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Required Check is a GitOps term for a status check that must pass before a source change can merge. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: OpenGitOps principles.

“The team used Required Check before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Resource Pruning is a GitOps term for the controlled deletion of unmanaged or removed resources during sync. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Argo CD documentation.

“The team used Resource Pruning before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

RFC is an IETF Internet Standards term for a Request for Comments document that records an internet standard, best current practice, informational note, or related technical specification. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; IETF Areas; RFC 1918 private address space.

“The argument got quieter when someone brought the RFC instead of another screenshot with red circles.”

RFC 1918 is a DNS and IP Addressing term for the IETF best current practice that reserves 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, and 192.168.0.0/16 for private IPv4 networks. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; RFC 1918 private address space; RFC 6598 shared address space.

“The home router said 192.168 again, and RFC 1918 calmly raised its hand like the class already covered this.”

RFC 6598 is a NAT Traversal and P2P Gaming term for the IETF RFC that reserves 100.64.0.0/10 as shared address space for service provider networks using Carrier-Grade NAT. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: RFC 6598 shared address space; RFC 8445 ICE; RFC 1918 private address space.

“RFC 6598 gave providers 100.64/10 so CGN boxes would stop borrowing the furniture from private networks.”

RFC Adoption Gate is an IETF Internet Standards term for rfc adoption gate work that connects internet folklore to the standards process that real implementers, ISPs, browsers, cloud providers, and enterprises use to keep networks interoperable. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; IETF Areas; RFC 1918 private address space.

“The team used RFC Adoption Gate after the protocol argument needed receipts, and the public-safe part stayed open and the protected part stayed locked.”

RFC Guard is an IETF Internet Standards term for rfc guard work that connects internet folklore to the standards process that real implementers, ISPs, browsers, cloud providers, and enterprises use to keep networks interoperable. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; IETF Areas; RFC 1918 private address space.

“The team used RFC Guard after the draft needed rough consensus, not a magic wand, and the operator could explain the result to an eighth grader and a tired principal architect.”

RFC Review is an IETF Internet Standards term for rfc review work that connects internet folklore to the standards process that real implementers, ISPs, browsers, cloud providers, and enterprises use to keep networks interoperable. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; IETF Areas; RFC 1918 private address space.

“The team used RFC Review after the standards meeting had more acronyms than a cereal box, and the agent waited for proof before smashing the big green button.”

RFC Standards Note is an IETF Internet Standards term for rfc standards note work that connects internet folklore to the standards process that real implementers, ISPs, browsers, cloud providers, and enterprises use to keep networks interoperable. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: IETF DNS technology; IETF Areas; RFC 1918 private address space.

“The team used RFC Standards Note after the protocol argument needed receipts, and the public-safe part stayed open and the protected part stayed locked.”

Natural charisma, charm, or the ability to attract others effortlessly — especially in a romantic context. Someone with rizz seems to captivate people without trying. Can also be used as a verb: to rizz someone up means to charm or seduce them.

“He walked into the party with unspoken rizz — no pickup lines, just vibes.”

Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback — a training technique used to align language models with human preferences. Human raters compare model outputs and choose the better response; these preferences train a reward model which then guides further fine-tuning via reinforcement learning.

“RLHF is the key step that turns a raw language model into a helpful, harmless assistant.”

Roll Forward is a GitOps term for fixing an issue by moving to a newer corrected version instead of going backward. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Argo CD documentation.

“The team used Roll Forward before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Rollback is a GitOps term for returning to a previous known configuration or artifact version. It helps teams, humans, and agents compare declared source state with running systems, then act without pretending a deployment did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Argo CD documentation.

“The team used Rollback before lunch, so the release did not sprint into production wearing untied shoes.”

Run Once Proof is a Make Automation term for a Make-builder habit of running a scenario manually once to inspect real output before treating the automation as working. It helps people and agents name the signal, source, and safe next step without pretending an automation, campaign, DNS record, RFC, or network path did more than the evidence shows. Source context: Make scenario blueprints; Make module types; Make webhooks.

“Run Once Proof made the workflow do the thing before anyone declared victory with a party kazoo.”

Sandbox Backpack Oops Plan is a release engineering vernacular term for incident handoff work in a policy-driven service network. It describes a oops plan that keeps release choices traceable after production gets interesting, using source labels, trace links, route evidence, and public/protected boundaries that an operator or agent can follow.

“The team used Sandbox Backpack Oops Plan after the build queue looked like a spelling quiz full of red marks. Then the release moved on without hallway chaos.”

Sandbox Backpack Protected Doorbell is a policy-driven architecture vernacular term for OpenAPI file work in a policy-driven service network. It describes a protected doorbell that lets humans and agents discover what a service can safely do, using source labels, trace links, route evidence, and public/protected boundaries that an operator or agent can follow.

“The team used Sandbox Backpack Protected Doorbell after the policy file and API docs gave different answers. Then the trace told the story without spilling private data.”