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rdiddlyyesterday at 2:35 AM1 replyview on HN

"e.g." IS correct because uv is an example or instance of a dev tool.


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scootyesterday at 8:34 AM

"e.g." isn't used correctly here. It's intended use is as a connector linking a clause to examples supporting that clause. You can't simply substitute "for example" with "e.g." anywhere in a sentence and expect it to function correctly.

Regardless, these Latin abbreviations best avoided entirely due to the surprising number of readers who don't understand them.