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      I haven’t read all of the post yet, but there are some good comments from the author here on how his thinking evolved:

      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39204314

      It has links to this video, which I watched a few years ago. Back in 2014 I kinda abandoned a side project to implement Macaroons (after about a week, it wasn’t very serious), and I was glad that someone tried it for real!

      GopherCon 2018: Tess Rinearson - An Over Engineering Disaster with Macaroons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZFv62qz8RU

      Background from a few years ago: API Tokens, a Tedious Survey https://fly.io/blog/api-tokens-a-tedious-survey/#macaroons

      https://lobste.rs/s/irh204/api_tokens_tedious_survey

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        I can’t help but be that guy and share this article about the difference between macarons and macaroons: https://www.thespruceeats.com/difference-between-macarons-and-macaroons-435337

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            It should have the letters āēīōū on it.

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              This is gold!

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                I also definitely think of Macron every time I see either word, and have to spend some non-zero amount of effort remembering the difference.

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                I still get them confused due to the sheer popularity of the former as a pastry being pronounced like the latter. Thanks for the link!

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                  The way I remember it is macaROONs feels reasonable to say with a very strong Texan-American accent, like

                  Let’s have some macaroons, y’all!

                  And the other one is French.