Tech vocabulary
"Blazing"
What you meant: Very fast.
What it comes across as: This term in particular is overused to describe
software that isn't particularly fast in any useful sense, but which has random
micro-optimizations that don't matter.
What to do instead: If it's actually fast, just say fast, and describe what
it's fast in relation to.
"Modern"
What you meant: New, which implies good under the assumption that newer is
implicitly better? Or maybe it means based on newer design principles? I
actually struggled on this one for a while and I think it's most often used to
just mean good in general, nonspecific ways...?
What it comes across as: New for the sake of being new, possibly with new
bugs. Ignorant of the past. An empty filler word.
What to do instead: Describe the actual difference. When new things are good,
it's because of specific benefits such as active maintenance, a new take on an
old problem, a reduced and focused scope by discarding previous compatibility
concerns, etc.
"Isomorphic"
What you meant: The same as, or matching.
What it comes across as: Abusing a math term because it looks cool.
Sesquipedalianism.
What to do instead: Isomorphim is a technical term that describes
a specific
scenario distinct from equality.
Similar terms like "equivalent" or "one-to-one" can often better express the
intended idea.
"Magic"
What you meant: Something with surprisingly helpful behavior.
What it comes across as: Something with surprisingly unpredictable behavior.
What to do instead: Perhaps "intuitive", or something like "handles common
configuration out of the box". For most things I work with, the descriptive
words "simple" and "predictable" have more sparkle to them than "magical".