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Why call it "Ant" and not "Antjs" or "Ant.js" when there is already Ant from Apache? https://ant.apache.org https://ant.apache.org
by lucb1e 3mo ago
Why call it "Ant" and not "Antjs" or "Ant.js" when there is already Ant from Apache? https://ant.apache.org https://ant.apache.org
- steve-atx-7600 3mo agoYes. You would only name it ant if you wanted to taint the first impression of anyone that’s been coding for a couple decades or more.
- brabel 3mo agoOr if you have only started in the last few years and never heard of those older projects.
- giglamesh 3mo agoAnd could not be bothered to make the tiniest cursory check to see if the name was already in use by a well known project.
- brabel 3mo agoIt's pretty difficult to tell whether something is, or was at some point, a well known project. Things that were major 20 years ago but are no longer used tend to become invisible since search engines prioritize recent knowledge. For example, I think young developers would not know that SOAP was a major, like really major, technology in the 2000's. If you google for SOAP now, you get "cleaning products" mostly, and if you're lucky a single mention of the protocol - but unless you dig deeper, it's hard to find out it was actually THE industry standard for web services at some point. IMO it's exactly the same with Ant (I used Apache Ant a lot in my early days as a dev!! But I've seen how very few Java devs know it these days, it's one of those things only the older guys know, plus a few younger one who have an interest in build systems in general and their history).
- girvo 3mo agoAnt in JS land is already claimed and huge too lol https://ant.design/ https://ant.design/
- hnlmorg 3mo agoThere’s also Adam Ant. Who was also a household name. Some people have also heard of ants of the formicidaen variety.
- armanckeser 3mo agoTangent but what a horrible website at least on my android. Starts as light mode, suddenly shows three streched columns, turns to dark mode and the title is hidden behind the header. After years of being around how can they end up with something like this
- scabby 3mo agoCompletely broken on iOS as well. Feels like AI slop.
- girvo 3mo agoIt's existed for a lot longer than LLM generated code has
- doodlesdev 3mo ago
- benonsocial 3mo agoI thought the same thing as I [half] read the title.
- bdcravens 3mo agoI assumed it was a framework from Alibaba, coming out of their Ant Group, where Ant Design also came from.
- latchkey 3mo agoI'm the first user and contributor to Apache Ant outside of Sun Microsystems when James gave it to me, and I could care less that someone else used the same name.
- normie3000 3mo agoCould or couldn't?
- latchkey 3mo agocouldn't... sorry for bad engrish.