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Very poor naming choice. Sundown is the name of a popular Markdown implementation: https://github.com/vmg/sundown https://github.com/vmg/sundown Strongly sugg
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Very poor naming choice. Sundown is the name of a popular Markdown implementation:
https://github.com/vmg/sundown https://github.com/vmg/sundown
Strongly suggest renaming your project as early as possible.
- mikewhy 9y agoThe article even links to Sundown, making it even more bizarre.
- gitgud 9y agoHe specifically addresses the name too, in the article, maybe he doesn't realize the confusion: Solution[0] = "A good name" First, I cameup with "SML" (SunSed Markup Language) but eventually decided to go with "Sundown" (SunSed Markdown) because it's a cooler name that almost describes itself.
- ne01 9y agoAuthor here. You are right about the name confusion! It has been several years since the last commit to the /vmg/sundown and even if it was active it's not a very common Markdown implementation (although it's one of the best).
- simlevesque 9y agoHow often does one need to commit to a project in order to not have it's name stolen?
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post acerbic swipes to Hacker News. Even if you have a point, it's not worth damaging the community for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- palimpsests 9y agoAsking a legitimate, albeit slightly provocative and rhetorical question, is somehow the same as a community-damaging (!) acerbic swipe? Just, wow.
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoThis is still not appropriate. You should really change it.
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- Dreami 9y agoJust to add in, this is really not ok
- ne01 9y agoActually, the name of the language is SunSed (same as the platform). Sundown is the name of that one feature of the language that I explained in the article. In our website https://www.sunsed.com https://www.sunsed.com we refer to the whole thing as SunSed language.
- tanoku 9y agoActual author of Sundown here. > even if it was active it's not a very common Markdown implementation First, even if this was true, it's still _not_ OK to name your project Sundown. Second, _my_ Sundown is the most used Markdown engine in the world. It has powered all Markdown rendering in GitHub.com and Reddit.com for more than 5 years, and it has rendered billions more documents than all other Markdown parsers out there. Could you please not be an asshole and rename your project? It's really not that hard to come up with a name for a parser. Don't steal mine.
- ne01 9y ago> Could you please not be an asshole and rename your project? I have updated the blog post and changed the name to "SunSed Short-form HTML tags" it also better describes what it is. I have high respect for you and your work and admit that the way I came up with the name was sloppy!
- tanoku 9y agoThank you, I appreciate that. I'll point people at SunSed the next time they ask about MD alternatives. :)