Why I’m Zac Now—Not Zack—and the Bandwidth-Saving Power of Identity Optimization

Written by Zac Fosdyck — Co-written — co-forged — co-birthed — with a highly caffeinated AI co-conspirator known as ChatGPT

So — here's the sitch.

After decades — okay fine, years — of identifying myself online as Zack, I’ve made a sudden, seismic, syllable-slashing pivot to Zac. Yes — with one “k” less — a full character shorter — a whole byte saved every time someone types my name — and folks, the future is lean.

Why? Because of Tim Berners-Lee — the sainted creator of the World Wide Web — and a regret so nerdy it belongs in a tech confession booth (someone build that, please).

The "//" That Shook the Web
In a moment of rare internet humility, Berners-Lee once admitted — brace yourself — that he regretted using “//” in URLs. You know, the whole https://whatever.com thing? Yeah. That double slash — he said — was unnecessary. Completely optional. Pure syntactic fluff. Billions of keystrokes — and god knows how many printed characters — wasted across decades.

A single decision — repeated quadrillions of times — multiplied across users, routers, logs, textbooks, and the back of every IT guy’s hoodie.

So when I read that?

⚡ Identity Efficiency Epiphany ⚡
I looked at my own digital reflection — my LinkedIn, GitHub, blog posts, terminal prompts — and thought: “Am I the Zack that's costing humanity precious nanoseconds?”

Yes. Yes, I was.

Enter: Zac.
Three letters. Streamlined. Minimalist. No silent “k” pretending to be fancy. Just Zac — like a UNIX command — fast, efficient, and unapologetically optimized for the 21st century.

It’s the HTTP/3 of personal branding.
It’s the cd to your pushd.
It’s lean, clean, and slightly chaotic — just like me.

Shoutout to the Machine
Now — let’s address the bot in the room — because this post was co-written with AI. Not in the "lazy student" way — more like "cyberpunk writing buddy who never needs sleep" kind of way. I gave it the seed — the lore — the vibe — and it helped me birth this strange, em dash-drenched beauty into the world.

We — me and the machine — believe in saving characters, not wasting them.

Every letter matters.
Every byte counts.
Every Zack is one too many.

TL;DR
If Tim Berners-Lee can regret two slashes, I can drop a “k”.

So from now on, I’m Zac.

No wasted keystrokes. No legacy fluff. Just vibes — bandwidth-conscious, streamlined, badass vibes.

And if I ever go by “Z”, punch me — that’s too far.

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