Dolt is Git for Data: a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge

Problematic name, could become a millstone on the neck of the developer far into the future.

It was most likely picked as an analogy to "git".

Agreed. I couldn't immediately see if it was "DOLT" or "do it", as in "just do it". It's the former.

I was going back and forth between the two until seeing doLt in terminal font.

This is correct. Specifically, to pay homage to git and how Linus named it.

This ambiguity in sans serif fonts has actually been pretty annoying. Especially since GitHub doesn't let you choose your font on readmes and stuff.

Dolt and git are closer to synonymous rather than analogous.

Already I would not use this project because of its name. I’m not offended by it, but I know others will be, and it will only be a matter of time before we have to replace it with something else. So why bother in the first place?

I know the name is not DOLT but it is close enough to cause offense. Imagine the N-word with one typo. Would it still be offensive? Probably to some.

Reminds me of this user testing story from the early Macintosh days: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Do_It.txt

You can use <pre>...</pre> for monospace font.

The name is DOLT with an L

just lowercase it

> but I know others will be, and it will only be a matter of time before we have to replace it with something else

Or we can just not give in to such insanity. That's always an option, and would help prevent things from getting increasingly worse as we cede ground to claims that increasingly get further and further away from the realm of what's reasonable.

It’s not your choice when you’re an employee of a woke company (unless you want to quit) Don’t you know that by now?

This is the issue with names. Even though the project is called doit the DoIt stylizing makes it look problematic. It's a non-starter, hopefully the author makes a big change. Just choosing lower case for the project would be enough.

It’s not though it is dolt, meaning a stupid person, like git (stupid simple version control.)

Do you know what "git" means?

Oh wow, that's awful! I thought this was just an innocent mistake.