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Libraries I don't mind: how much time do you really want to spend naming the 394th serialization library? But for products aimed at end-users? Absolutely don'

Libraries I don't mind: how much time do you really want to spend naming the 394th serialization library? But for products aimed at end-users? Absolutely don't name it after the language it's written in. To play devil's advocate for a moment though: this is the software used to run the forum for the language Nim. If you've ever been to the Nim forums, this is a version you can run yourself. Maybe that makes the name a bit more reasonable?

dom96 8y ago
I do agree that NimForum is a bit of a lame name for end-users. The initial NimForum implementation was very much intended to only be used for the Nim community, with this new version I wanted to make it possible for others to use it as well. I have thought about creating a new identity for this project, but I couldn't come up with a good name on the spot (or at least one that others liked), so for now I just decided to keep the old NimForum name. Certainly if there is interest I will happily consider rebranding.
- tbirdz 8y ago
  What about NimbleForum? Still keeps the Nim reference, while also giving the impression of a fast and light forum.
  - dom96 8y ago
    Hehe, good idea, but that clashes with the name of our package manager: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble :)
    - reificator 8y ago
      How about Jack, because he's nimble and quick and jumped over the candlestick?
- e12e 8y ago
  Since it's a forum using jester; troupe ? Ensemble ?
- pavlov 8y ago
  How about DeNim — since it came from Nim.
  - apocrypher 8y ago
    NimTalk? NimSquawk? from the very obvious to the whimsical: NimmoPhon Nimference Nimbeaumôt [sic] Nimditer Echonim Edit: how I missed Nimsical, I don't know.. Nimminent I am pushing it rather, so I'll quit while I'm behind... Sorry, but I have to try suggesting PhonoNim, after [0] thinking of phone typos in text conversations. [0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phononym https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phononym

dom96 8y ago

I do agree that NimForum is a bit of a lame name for end-users. The initial NimForum implementation was very much intended to only be used for the Nim community, with this new version I wanted to make it possible for others to use it as well. I have thought about creating a new identity for this project, but I couldn't come up with a good name on the spot (or at least one that others liked), so for now I just decided to keep the old NimForum name. Certainly if there is interest I will happily consider rebranding.

tbirdz 8y ago
What about NimbleForum? Still keeps the Nim reference, while also giving the impression of a fast and light forum.
- dom96 8y ago
  Hehe, good idea, but that clashes with the name of our package manager: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble :)
  - reificator 8y ago
    How about Jack, because he's nimble and quick and jumped over the candlestick?
e12e 8y ago
Since it's a forum using jester; troupe ? Ensemble ?
pavlov 8y ago
How about DeNim — since it came from Nim.
- apocrypher 8y ago
  NimTalk? NimSquawk? from the very obvious to the whimsical: NimmoPhon Nimference Nimbeaumôt [sic] Nimditer Echonim Edit: how I missed Nimsical, I don't know.. Nimminent I am pushing it rather, so I'll quit while I'm behind... Sorry, but I have to try suggesting PhonoNim, after [0] thinking of phone typos in text conversations. [0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phononym https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=phononym