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327 points andsoitis | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 15:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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netdevphoenix ◴[17 Nov 25 16:22 UTC] No.45955050[source]▶
Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict
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1. llm_nerd ◴[17 Nov 25 17:21 UTC] No.45955724[source]▶
Why single out programmers? Name collisions happen in constantly, across every single industry.

It turns out that there really aren't that many possible project names before you get into the made-up "that sounds stupid" words.