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nidnogg | 10 months ago

I like the stack, but did it really need to be such a gen-Z sounding name?

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davidvgilmore|10 months ago

Our namesake is Vannevar Bush's "Memex": https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-m...

We like the ethos of peaceful scientific progress.

And we're most passionate about advancing technological progress, which is what the original Memex aimed to do by increasing scientists' productivity.

Our Memex is a small contribution to technological progress, but it's one I am at least proud to make

nikisweeting|10 months ago

That's like calling a CRM app "Wiki" because you like the idea of collaborative editing of knowledge (in a world where Wikipedia already exists and is synonymous with wikipedia.org). Like... sure, no one can stop you, but it seems both counterproductive to your own marketing and mildly disrespectful to the other projects that are closer to the original ethos behind the name. It's not that hard to name things uniquely, at least call it "Memexa Code" or something.