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First I'm hearing from it. The Beatles must've been super pissed when Apple took their name :(

• lillecarl 1y ago
  https://crates.io/search?q=Helix https://crates.io/search?q=Helix I'm surprised none in the team searched crates.io once before picking the name. Good luck!
  • GeorgeCurtis 1y ago
    we just started off as a side project and thought the name fitted well. With the strands, graph type structure, connections... We didn't think of getting people to use it until we found it was solving a real pain point for people, so weren't worried about trademarks or names. There was no other helix db so that was good enough for us at the time.
    • lillecarl 1y ago
      It's not the end of the world, just me being a bit grumpy. I mean it when I say good luck! :)
      • GeorgeCurtis 1y ago
        Thank you :)
    • tavianator 1y ago
      > There was no other helix db https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_(database) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_(database)
      • GeorgeCurtis 1y ago
        There was no active one. We saw this and thought it would be a nice nod to history. We've actually spoken to some developers at apple who thought this was really neat :)
  • itishappy 1y ago
    I don't think `helix-editor` is even on crates.io, just placeholders. https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/7038 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/7038 That being said, when I saw `helix-db` I was thrown too. "What's a text editor doing writing a vector-graph database, I thought they were working on plugins?"
• bbatsell 1y ago
  I can't tell if this is droll sarcasm, but just in case not... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer