I wonder how much of this perception is based on the observer’s age. To me “trucks have gotten so much bigger than I remember” but what I think of as my formative car years were late 90s, so of course that is how it feels… it’s for sure true that rigs have ballooned since ‘95. It’s not necessarily true they have since 2015?

No, they absolutely have continued to. The new Tundra is an absolute monster.

The Toyota 120/150 platform trucks (FJ Cruiser, Tacoma, 4Runner, GX) are an exception to that trend, lasting from about 2003 to 2024. I think the new Tacoma/4R are pretty close to the same size, but the GX did increase a bit.

My formative years were the same as yours. Got my license in 1998, and I drove a 1979 Toyota truck that was absolutely TINY even compared to my 2004, but was the same size as the other mini trucks that were everywhere at that time (Mitsubishi Mighty Max, Toyota whatever they called it, Nissan Hardbody, etc.).

I think until 1996 it was just called the Toyota pickup. 1996 introduced the name Tacoma.

Something is quite a bit more common than start. Probably if you write any long form English, st == something is better.

I would map "Something" to "sth" because that is way waaay more memorable and recognizable.

"Start" is something you use a lot more as a dev.

That's the true no-brainer. Memorable, good mapping.

We always say “a backie a day keeps the doctor away”.

It’s entirely incorrect but it keeps life fun!

The point isn’t the interface though it’s the implementation. And if many of those things are implementing the same search functionality slightly differently, you’re back to the same spot, except now your bugs are spread across multiple sites, often with duplication.

The underlying issue is just that correctness is hard I think.