A couple of weeks ago, I posted [a thread](https://lemmy.world/post/986507) here asking whether y'all could make use of Decronym the acronym explainer bot, and reaction was positive. I finally got around to setting up an initial version of the database earlier today, so Decronym is now running; this post links to the current list of 40 or so acronyms that have definitions, based almost entirely on acronyms that been used in the pinned "What do you selfhost" thread. If I've made glaring errors or omissions, do let me know and the database can be updated. Otherwise, let's see how this thing fares.

Hi, I'm the maintainer of Decronym. You may have come across Decronym on the aliensite, especially in the spaceflight communities; it picks up on comments that contain acronyms (that are in its database), and drops a helpful top-level comment on the thread that it keeps up to date as more acronyms get used. Decronym's now running on Lemmy, [here's a comment it left in /c/spacex](https://sh.itjust.works/comment/174471) a few days ago. There are a few acronyms and other bits of jargon that get thrown around in the selfhosted space: VPS, Plex, Debian and such like... so I wondered if y'all would welcome Decronym making comments in threads here? If that sounds like a good idea, drop a comment with some acronyms and definitions you'd like Decronym to keep in its database, and I can look into getting it set up. Thanks!