TK
==

April 25, 2026
https://stefan.vanburen.xyz/til/tk/


TK means ["to come"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_come_(publishing)).
You'll typically see it as "TKTK" or "TKTKTK",
as a simple way to search (i.e., <kbd>[⌘](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_key)</kbd>+<kbd>f</kbd>) for details that haven't been written yet.
I use it when drafting blog posts to skip over a sentence or section I want to come back to write later,
to avoid losing momentum.

I didn't learn this today,
but within the last year or two (not too sure where!);
I was just reminded by seeing it in print[^1][^2] in [my library][3]'s edition of [Jez Burrow's][1] [Dictionary Stories][2],
which is otherwise lovely so far.

[^1]: To be fair, I get it:
it's in a footnote where the "TK" is taking the place of a page number,
which I imagine is one of the last things to be solidified in a print book after all of the typesetting has taken place.

[^2]: Funny timing, but a post on Daring Fireball the day after this one [mentioned a similar snafu of printing "Headline Goes Here"][4] -- "TK" may have been useful there!

[1]: https://www.jezburrows.com/
[2]: http://www.dictionarystories.com
[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_Library_Consortium
[4]: https://daringfireball.net/2026/04/nyt_wrong_crossword_grid