I've modified the title to expand the acronym. Apologies for the confusion; I forgot that not everyone's head is where mine is. (I'm not the author of the article; I just found it interesting and wanted to share.)
oh no apologies necessary. It's becoming increasingly common on HN lately and I can't fathom why people take the time to write a thoughtful piece to advocate a particular view and then immediately lose a massive amount of the audience with unexplained acronyms. Especially when it's so easy to just lay it out once.