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The name is a bit unfortunate given that Julia's most popular ML library is called Flux. See: https://fluxml.ai https://fluxml.ai. This library is quite well k
by nextos 2y ago
The name is a bit unfortunate given that Julia's most popular ML library is called Flux. See: https://fluxml.ai https://fluxml.ai.
This library is quite well known, 3rd most starred project in Julia: https://juliapackages.com/packages?sort=stars https://juliapackages.com/packages?sort=stars.
It has been around since, at least, 2016: https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/graphs/code-frequency https://github.com/FluxML/Flux.jl/graphs/code-frequency.
- refulgentis 2y agoThere was a looong distracting thread a month ago about something similar, niche language, might have been Julia, had a package with the same name as $NEW_THING. I hope this one doesn't stir as much discussion. It has 4000 stars, there isnt a large mass of people who view the world through the lens of "Flux is ML library". No one will end up in a "who is on first?" discussion because of it. If this line of argument is held sacrosanct, it ends up in an infinite loop until everyone gives up and starts using UUIDs.
- jachee 2y agoEagerly waiting for this to happen in the medication names space. :)
- djbusby 2y agoLike the Go language that existed before Google Go.
- Thorrez 2y agoIt's named "Go!". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) Disclosure: I work at Google but not on the Go team.
- temp_account_32 2y agoi would give them a break, so many things exist in the tech sector that being completely original is basically impossible, unless you name your thing something nonsensical also search engines are context aware, if your search history is full of julia questions, it will know what you're searching for
- msikora 2y agoAlso Flux is a now obsolete application architecture for ReactJS.
- dheera 2y agoI think we've generally run out of names to give projects and need to start reusing names. Maybe use letters to disambiguate them. Flux A is the ML library Flux B is the T2I model Flux C is the React library Flux D is the physics concept of power per unit area Flux E is the goo you put on solder
- sebastiennight 2y agoDon't forget Fl.ux, which was a very popular way to make "night shift" happen for more than a decade