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I like how Pijul has a math-centric approach under the hood. The name needs to be changed if they want to get traction.

• baq 3y ago
  git did quite well with its...
  • Aachen 3y ago
    That may be survivorship bias. How many TLA projects failed that we never heard of? Not to mention the number of times I've tried to do a web search on an ordinary English word because someone thought that was brilliant to use as a product name and it turns up nothing because they didn't get as popular as Git or didn't have other distinctive keywords to go along with it, such as when your query not only includes "bash" but also "variable" that is unlikely to occur in a dictionary entry about the verb to bash I'd be very surprised if there is no causal relationship between names and the chances of success, all else being equal, and the devil is in the "all else". Evidently this is not a problem with a big enough marketing budget (think Teams and Meet), but without that it may be much more economical and practical to think of a useful name
• ZoomZoomZoom 3y ago
  Just to provide a counterpoint: The name is great! Very memorable and original. Much better than your regular plooper, vndl or dabix.
  • goku12 3y ago
    Pijul also turns up easily on web searches, despite there being a bird with that name.
• samatman 3y ago
  They tried that actually. It was traumatic for everyone involved. It's a pretty weird word for English-speakers, no argument from me there. I don't think I can explain why it's weird, but it is. I don't think that's even in the top five barriers to adoption though.