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I don't know what it is about the name Hermes for software folk, it's apparently irresistible. I've heard the name used by three different companies for interna

I don't know what it is about the name Hermes for software folk, it's apparently irresistible. I've heard the name used by three different companies for internal projects just in my own circle in the last year. This concludes my useless comment. This is just a joke, that you learn what Hermes means at one company and have to unlearn that when the next Hermes enters your life :p

kderbyma 4y ago
Symbols and names have meanings which resonate with people when they value their origins.
ilc 4y ago
It is a name connected with speed, and few negative connotations. I used it for a trending system I worked on long ago.
capableweb 4y ago
Take any random Greek deity and search GitHub for it, you'll find tons of projects for each one, guaranteed. It's just a common source of naming for developers (how that relates to god-complex being common with developers, is left as an exercise to the reader).
- Aeolun 4y ago
  After all, those gods don’t have any more followers to complain about you using their name in vain.
mattbee 4y ago
To me it's the University of Cambridge's email server (RIP 1993-2021). I see a few alums keep use their hermes ID as they a username outside of Cambridge (like mjg59).
- jll29 4y ago
  Rest in peace, hermes service.
vajrabum 4y ago
Hermes was among other things, the messenger of the gods in the Greek pantheon. I'd guess they were thinking of that as the context for the name. Of course, he also the psychopomp, the god who guided dead souls to the underworld. That might also be appropriate for documents many of which are dead from day 1.
odiroot 4y ago
Having lived in Germany, and now in the UK, this name gives me shivers. Nothing is scarier than getting an email from Hermes: we got your package!
cstuder 4y ago
It's also the name of the official project management procedures of the Swiss Government. Follow it to the letter and nobody can blame you for sinking a project.
AndyNemmity 4y ago
Our Hermes was created 6 years ago, and now there's one everywhere cry cry

kderbyma 4y ago

Symbols and names have meanings which resonate with people when they value their origins.

ilc 4y ago

It is a name connected with speed, and few negative connotations. I used it for a trending system I worked on long ago.

capableweb 4y ago

Take any random Greek deity and search GitHub for it, you'll find tons of projects for each one, guaranteed. It's just a common source of naming for developers (how that relates to god-complex being common with developers, is left as an exercise to the reader).

Aeolun 4y ago
After all, those gods don’t have any more followers to complain about you using their name in vain.

mattbee 4y ago

To me it's the University of Cambridge's email server (RIP 1993-2021). I see a few alums keep use their hermes ID as they a username outside of Cambridge (like mjg59).

jll29 4y ago
Rest in peace, hermes service.

vajrabum 4y ago

Hermes was among other things, the messenger of the gods in the Greek pantheon. I'd guess they were thinking of that as the context for the name. Of course, he also the psychopomp, the god who guided dead souls to the underworld. That might also be appropriate for documents many of which are dead from day 1.

odiroot 4y ago

Having lived in Germany, and now in the UK, this name gives me shivers. Nothing is scarier than getting an email from Hermes: we got your package!

cstuder 4y ago

It's also the name of the official project management procedures of the Swiss Government. Follow it to the letter and nobody can blame you for sinking a project.

AndyNemmity 4y ago

Our Hermes was created 6 years ago, and now there's one everywhere cry cry