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'Great repository names are short and memorable'

- Github, 2019

Now... Are you trying to tell me that super-duper-engine is shorter and more memorable than Gterm... Github... Pls

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  • 3
    No, the suggestion is always there. I almost always use it and rename it when I've got a name for the project
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    @orhun The advice was "short and memorable," not just "short."
  • 1
    @powerfulparadox Have you some time to remember our lord and saviour god? Also there are like 10 different major software things that are called god.
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    @gitreflog So how am I to sort through all the potential confusion to remember a measly repository among all the claimants to actual deity?
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    @powerfulparadox Is it hard to memorize "God"?

    Oh God...
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    @orhun TBH, the two you linked weren't terrible. God is a bit ambitious-sounding, so I'd probably avoid it on the grounds that I don't have that much hubris. I assume (I didn't click the links) that zps stands for something that can be remembered, making the abbreviation also memorable. But, to a random person, it could come across as a random collection of three letters, which, without context, could be easily forgotten, hence my half-serious attempt at humor.

    And once again I'm probably taking the fun out of it for other people by over-explaining. Don't mind me, carry on...
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