Why SoTA (uppercase “T”) instead of SotA (lowercase “T”) ?

“State of [T]he Art” versus “State of [t]he Art”.

If not SotA then at least SOTA, which is more accurate.

sim04ful 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The pedantry of a HN comment is always a sight to see.

	▲	_carbyau_ 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not wrong though. Technically correct and when it comes to communication, also seems like a reasonable query. In a world of so many acronyms, details matter.

lexandstuff 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It should be SotA.

	▲	jamesinmn 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Does that make DeepSeek V4 Flash MiniSotA? This dev in the Twin Cities would like to know.

skeledrew an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I suspect typo.

pishpash 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

An cross of SoT (source of truth) and SotA (state of the art). SotA looks weird, admittedly.