Wrote code for ten years. Back then, I thought tech terminology was evolving fast, but at least you could still keep up. Now when I read AI news, I have to check the glossary first—words like “Opaque recurrence.” Five years ago, I would’ve assumed it was a compiler error. Now it’s in the terminology list.

The speed at which new terms are coined is even faster than framework releases. I just wrapped my head around RAG, and now we’re already talking about “agentic workflow.” It’s not a complaint—just pure curiosity: how many of these words will still be around in six months?