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That's easy - use non-English names. I, for one, try to give Latin names where possible. I'm currently working on a SPA called "scriptare"[1] (which is Latin fo

by maga 9y ago

That's easy - use non-English names. I, for one, try to give Latin names where possible. I'm currently working on a SPA called "scriptare"[1] (which is Latin for "write"). The front-end part is called "calamus" (pencil) and the node.js back-end is "praeceptor" (teacher), and the ML back-end is "augur" (seer). As luck would have it, I was just putting out a new version of our in-house MVC framework called "Compago"[2] (structure/framework in Latin). While it has been used in various versions since 2013, we didn't share it until 2015, and even then didn't document beyond the JSDoc comments since we are not interested in popularizing it. [1]http://scriptare.com http://scriptare.com (in closed beta) [2]https://github.com/scriptare/compago https://github.com/scriptare/compago

kuzirashi 9y ago
Maybe the problem is real. :) Good luck with JS framework!
Yetanfou 9y ago
Swahili is a great language for finding good-sounding project names. Most words are easily pronounceable with a 'pleasant' balance between vowels and consonants, they just 'sound good'. Take a word like 'rafiki', Swahili for 'friend'. That's a perfect name for some social platform. Or 'nena' - which means 'speak' - for a chat app. Just get a Swahili-whatever dictionary and you'll soon have more project names than you can shake a fimbo at. Fimbo is Swahili for 'stick', by the way.
- zerocrates 9y ago
  "Rafiki" might bring up some problematic associations with Disney.
  - SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
    Ha.. Amateur..
- marak830 9y ago
  Oh I like that idea, and I'm looking to rebrand the software I have been working on and off for 2+ years, I will have to look up some translations online. Thanks! Also makes me wonder about some other languages too.
DonaldFisk 9y ago
"Scribere" is Latin for "to write". It's third conjugation, not first (-are). "Calamus" is Latin for "reed" but it can also mean "pen": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos . Pencils weren't invented until the 16th century. The modern Latin word for pencil is "plumbum" (lead): https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus Fun fact: the word "pencil" is related to the word "penis". See http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil
- Turing_Machine 9y ago
  Calamari (Italian for squid) also derives from the same Latin root, via the ink connection.
- maga 9y ago
  "Scriptare" too if this[1] to be believed, though not in classical times though. And yes, I mixed up pen and pencil there. [1] http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/34351/scripto-scriptare-scriptavi-scriptatus http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/34351/scripto-scripta...

by maga 9y ago

kuzirashi 9y ago

Maybe the problem is real. :) Good luck with JS framework!

Yetanfou 9y ago

Swahili is a great language for finding good-sounding project names. Most words are easily pronounceable with a 'pleasant' balance between vowels and consonants, they just 'sound good'. Take a word like 'rafiki', Swahili for 'friend'. That's a perfect name for some social platform. Or 'nena' - which means 'speak' - for a chat app. Just get a Swahili-whatever dictionary and you'll soon have more project names than you can shake a fimbo at. Fimbo is Swahili for 'stick', by the way.

zerocrates 9y ago
"Rafiki" might bring up some problematic associations with Disney.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y ago
  Ha.. Amateur..
marak830 9y ago
Oh I like that idea, and I'm looking to rebrand the software I have been working on and off for 2+ years, I will have to look up some translations online. Thanks! Also makes me wonder about some other languages too.

DonaldFisk 9y ago

"Scribere" is Latin for "to write". It's third conjugation, not first (-are). "Calamus" is Latin for "reed" but it can also mean "pen": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos . Pencils weren't invented until the 16th century. The modern Latin word for pencil is "plumbum" (lead): https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus Fun fact: the word "pencil" is related to the word "penis". See http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil

Turing_Machine 9y ago
Calamari (Italian for squid) also derives from the same Latin root, via the ink connection.
maga 9y ago
"Scriptare" too if this[1] to be believed, though not in classical times though. And yes, I mixed up pen and pencil there. [1] http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/34351/scripto-scriptare-scriptavi-scriptatus http://latin-dictionary.net/definition/34351/scripto-scripta...