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Slice
One thin piece of a bigger job, shipped or reviewed on its own so the whole thing does not wait.
Why this word exists
Big jobs stall when everything must finish together. A slice is a thin, honest piece you can review and tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out. without waiting for the whole feast.
The word keeps beginners from thinking every PRA pull request is a review page that asks a human to look at a branch before those changes join main. is the entire feature. One slice can be a railA vertical side column on a page (left rail, sticky rail) that holds nav or tools beside the main content., a chip barThe tight row of chips across the top of a Directory or workflow card., or a single glossary term page — useful on its own, stacked later.
Where you will meet it
Botski shop notes name slices in tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out. trains and handoffs: slice A ready for Laser, slice B still cookingWork that is actively being built or waiting in the tip train — not live on the site yet.. You meet it on Desk, in PRA pull request is a review page that asks a human to look at a branch before those changes join main. titles, and in STATUS files.
Examples
- Wave B glossary drafts are one slice; Laser wiring them into the site is another.
- Artsy finishes a heroThe big top artwork or banner on a page, above the main copy. packA folder of related artwork (icons, heroes, contact sheet) ready for Keep QA and wiring. as a slice while copy for the same page is still cookingWork that is actively being built or waiting in the tip train — not live on the site yet..
- A mega-tipSeveral related PRs or fixes shipped together in one deploy. can ship several related slices in one deployA deploy puts a built site on the server people open in a browser. without pretending they were one giant commitA commit is a saved snapshot of the project plus a short note about what changed..
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.