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Having started OpenDevin (now OpenHands [1]) I can say it's definitely worth renaming. It's very limiting attaching your branding to someone else's [1] https:/
by rbren 1y ago
Having started OpenDevin (now OpenHands [1]) I can say it's definitely worth renaming. It's very limiting attaching your branding to someone else's
[1] https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands https://github.com/All-Hands-AI/OpenHands
- echelon 1y agoIt gets you some quick attention. The people that need to notice will follow.
- swyx 1y agoidk, do you think you would have gotten the start you did NOT being called opendevin? (hi btw! see GP's talk on OpenHands here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_hhkJtlbSs&t=4s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_hhkJtlbSs&t=4s)
- rbren 1y agoHah it definitely gave us an early boost!
- tough 1y agomaybe the best optimal strategy is leech into the brand while you're unknown, and switch to your own once you make it. A bit sleazy but it works eh Can't fight marketing and human psychology
- swyx 1y agoimitation = sincere flattery etc
- tough 1y agoyes that's the benevolent take,but in a market for attention, it feels like a bit of a vampire attack to a brand to spun off OpenBrand. seems some what of a template now, OpenCut was recently on HN because some chinese company already owns their trademark, which is a pun/open version of CapCut, so things are getting a bit hairy at least, lol
- ErikBjare 1y agoI still sometimes have to refer to OpenHands as "formerly known as OpenDevin". It may be limiting in the long run, but it definitely had some short-term punchiness.