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The name is from Omakase (a term DHH likes) & Ubuntu. For disambiguation, this project is also not implying the following: Om - this is not a flavour of Linux
by heeton 2y ago
The name is from Omakase (a term DHH likes) & Ubuntu.
For disambiguation, this project is also not implying the following:
Om - this is not a flavour of Linux oriented to Meditation.
Maku - this project is not associated with the city in Iran.
Oma - this project was not created by a German grandmother. DHH is a man from Denmark.
- btreecat 2y agoOnly none of those have any sort of contextual meaning in tech, let alone the specific context of self hosting and web development. You don't prove a point by being silly about random tokens out of context. "kub" in the context of tech, specifically tooling for a developer of web tech, it's better to avoid using names that have similarities to tools they don't touch. It's good marketing because it's good UX. You can continue your pedantry if you like, the context of our tooling is what it is, and no sort of absurd reductionist argument is going to change that.
- weikju 2y agoLoved how you went above and beyond in your reply.. I know it's not 100% on-form for HN but it was a great rebuttal to what I also felt was an uncalled-for criticism of the name.