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Webcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an arch
by fouc 5y ago
Webcrate is a great name, however the "crate" term strongly implies archival in this context to me. So as a user, I would actually assume that it takes an archive/snapshot of every website that I bookmark. The website doesn't seem to indicate it can do this?
- spinax 5y agoFor me, "crate" is now associated with anything rust (and I'm neither a rust person or a programmer) - if I see crate in relation to tech, "it has something to do with rust."
- sbarre 5y agoInteresting, I'll forever associate crates with vinyl records and DJing.. and I am a programmer, and not a DJ.. I guess context matters! ;-)
- spinax 5y agoI'm with you! It's possible that at one time I thought as you (also being a music fan), but in the past 5 (?) years you can't trip but to find someone talking about rust in the tech spaces. Not only context, but era (point in time?) as well.
- betahuhn 5y agoFunny how it means completely different things to different people. As a 18 year old I would never think of vinyl records when hearing "crates" :D
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- betahuhn 5y agoNope, not at this time. You can only store the URL itself in a "crate". Glad you like the name though!
- riffic 5y agolol, this wouldn't be an HN thread without people bikeshedding over an app's name, would it?
- fouc 5y agoThe programmer's curse - naming things. "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."