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daotoad | 2 months ago

The real trick is getting just enough meaning into the name to be helpful, while keeping it distinct. SQLAlchemy is a great example.

I called by zsh bookmark tool `tutu`, my idea was to make it sound like what it does.

- It helps you go TO places - The main command is `tu` because it is short, a homophone of "to", and wasn't already taken - Additional commands `tutu` (which does a `pushd` instead of `cd`) and `untu` (which is just a wrapper around `popd`) are short, memorable, and pronouncable.

All of those naming decisions were made with ergonomics in mind.

Was I successful? I like it. A few other people are using it and seem to like it, too.

To the extent that I was, I think it's because the name is meaningful enough while remaining distinct.

https://github.com/daotoad/tutu

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