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You inspired me to go hunting around Hacker News and I ended up with this lil' curated list: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961222 https://news.ycombina

You inspired me to go hunting around Hacker News and I ended up with this lil' curated list: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961222 :)

benatkin 7y ago
That's really great! I'm surprised it didn't make it onto the front page. Oh well. I wouldn't have thought so if it had made it, but I think think maybe the name should be changed to something like "Awesome Uncanny Design" or something, and perhaps the logo could be something that evokes the uncanny valley or the twilight zone or something. The current one might make it sound like we want to ban this stuff, which is not the idea. I just want people to be aware of it. It also isn't all crap, so maybe an upside down smiley face would be a more fitting emoji, or a horse, parachute, butterfly, or another example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley Thanks! Not only did you make something I thought should exist, it helped me find the Caddy GitHub issue about cogs which was super interesting.
- jamescgrant 7y ago
  Yeah, I admit I was stuck on what to name it too! Uncanny evokes a nature of mystery, which I'm not sure is totally approproate here. Haha! I literally just Google'd "something that is attempted but misses the mark", after writing the above paragraph, and I found this article on Wikipedia [1]. It means "tragic flaw" or "to miss the mark". Feels quite apt! Perhaps "Hamartian Design" could work. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia
  - benatkin 7y ago
    Interesting! First I've heard of the term Hamartian. I think it works amazingly. I see you updated the repo. It looks good. I hope it gets noticed and other stuff gets added. Could submit it to https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/ https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/

You inspired me to go hunting around Hacker News and I ended up with this lil' curated list: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961222 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961222 :)

benatkin 7y ago

That's really great! I'm surprised it didn't make it onto the front page. Oh well. I wouldn't have thought so if it had made it, but I think think maybe the name should be changed to something like "Awesome Uncanny Design" or something, and perhaps the logo could be something that evokes the uncanny valley or the twilight zone or something. The current one might make it sound like we want to ban this stuff, which is not the idea. I just want people to be aware of it. It also isn't all crap, so maybe an upside down smiley face would be a more fitting emoji, or a horse, parachute, butterfly, or another example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley Thanks! Not only did you make something I thought should exist, it helped me find the Caddy GitHub issue about cogs which was super interesting.

jamescgrant 7y ago
Yeah, I admit I was stuck on what to name it too! Uncanny evokes a nature of mystery, which I'm not sure is totally approproate here. Haha! I literally just Google'd "something that is attempted but misses the mark", after writing the above paragraph, and I found this article on Wikipedia [1]. It means "tragic flaw" or "to miss the mark". Feels quite apt! Perhaps "Hamartian Design" could work. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamartia
- benatkin 7y ago
  Interesting! First I've heard of the term Hamartian. I think it works amazingly. I see you updated the repo. It looks good. I hope it gets noticed and other stuff gets added. Could submit it to https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/ https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/