Thanks for bringing this up! Someone replied mentioning implementation simplicity, and indeed that was an important factor that I forgot to mention in the post.

Thanks for bringing this up! Someone replied mentioning implementation simplicity, and indeed that was an important factor that I forgot to mention in the post. Although the most important factor may have been that FNV is just easier to find. Looking for a hash algorithm is hard, the names are weird and opaque and it's hard to find a user friendly ranking or clear directions on how to pick one.