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Problematic name, could become a millstone on the neck of the developer far into the future.
by Klwohu 6y ago
Problematic name, could become a millstone on the neck of the developer far into the future.
- maest 6y agoIt was most likely picked as an analogy to "git".
- ademarre 6y agoAgreed. I couldn't immediately see if it was "DOLT" or "do it", as in "just do it". It's the former.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoAlready I would not use this project because of its name. I’m not offended by it, but I know others will be, and it will only be a matter of time before we have to replace it with something else. So why bother in the first place? I know the name is not DOLT but it is close enough to cause offense. Imagine the N-word with one typo. Would it still be offensive? Probably to some.
- simonw 6y agoThe name is DOLT with an L
- mixedCase 6y ago> but I know others will be, and it will only be a matter of time before we have to replace it with something else Or we can just not give in to such insanity. That's always an option, and would help prevent things from getting increasingly worse as we cede ground to claims that increasingly get further and further away from the realm of what's reasonable.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoIt’s not your choice when you’re an employee of a woke company (unless you want to quit) Don’t you know that by now?
- Klwohu 6y agoThis is the issue with names. Even though the project is called doit the DoIt stylizing makes it look problematic. It's a non-starter, hopefully the author makes a big change. Just choosing lower case for the project would be enough.
- edgyquant 6y agoIt’s not though it is dolt, meaning a stupid person, like git (stupid simple version control.)
- 6y ago