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I always start with a codename. And for the longest time I've used the surnames of foreign scientists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists h
by pistoriusp 14y ago
I always start with a codename. And for the longest time I've used the surnames of foreign scientists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists
- nostromo 14y agoWe use Pokemon. The reason? Nobody gets too attached to the name Jigglypuff.
- GotAnyMegadeth 14y agoThat's a great idea I might steal. I'll go through the names in dex order, as I happen to know at least the first 151 in order... Also I'm pretty sure that they make new Pokémon faster than anyone starts projects...
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoDon't bet on it. http://ajf.me/imagedump/screenshots/ihavewaytoomanyprojects.gif http://ajf.me/imagedump/screenshots/ihavewaytoomanyprojects....
- mkr-hn 14y agoYou can switch to Digimon if you run out of Pokémon.
- ry0ohki 14y agoI guess you haven't seen this... http://evilbrainjono.net/pages/startup-or-pokemon.py http://evilbrainjono.net/pages/startup-or-pokemon.py
- fishtoaster 14y agoI once came up with a great name for a product I was hacking on with my roommate, so we used that name internally. By the time we'd been coding for a few weeks, though, what the product actually was had evolved and the name was no longer relevant (despite being scattered throughout the codebase, the github repo, the directory structure, etc). Ever since then I've been a codename fan. I go for liquor names (since I work at home across from the booze shelf)- I'm currently building Frangelico.
- vetler 14y agoThere's always Finnish lakes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Finland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Finland Might be difficult to pronounce for some, though.
- dugmartin 14y agoI've used this list multiple times for personal project codenames: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_Americas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_the_Americas
- sdoering 14y agoFunny. I use mythological figures. Right now it's "metatron", and "delphi"...
- jorde 14y agoThese are so bad for a software project that they might even work for a codename. And this coming from a Finn.
- chimeracoder 14y agoEven better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Minnesota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_in_Minnesota
- xnxn 14y agoI'm torn between Operation "Big Spunk" and "Big Sucker".
- saw-lau 14y agoNorse gods here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_gods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_gods
- morsch 14y agoHaving to type in Gerðr or Þrúðr would get old pretty fast. ;)
- leonsp 14y agoGerthr. Thruthr.
- alexjeffrey 14y agonow I know where tumblr and flickr got their names.
- daeken 14y agoI generally use either the first thing that pops into my head (sometimes it's just obvious) or the song I'm listening to at the time, either name or a snippet of lyrics. SteelBreeze, ClubThing, Tain, Ronin, Arienette, etc. Works wonders.
- forrestthewoods 14y agoI use coffee shops or espresso company names, often local to Seattle. The list is quite limitless. Zoka, Vivace, Rococo, Velton, Olympia, Lighthouse, Ladro, and so on it goes.
- sspiff 14y agoI pick hostnames from this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_King_List http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumerian_King_List
- anarchitect 14y agoTo take the head-scratching out of the start of a project, and to give apps personality, we use surnames of film directors.
- yitchelle 14y agoWhen I was with HP calculation division in the early 2000s, the project names came from Star Wars / Star Trek characters. Why? Because with we were working SciFi (SCIentific FInancial) calculators.
- dkersten 14y agoI used to use Japanese foods, so I've had directories named sushi, sashimi, miso, karasumi and so on.
- gilgoomesh 14y agoIf I have to work on another project named after Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, I'll quit this damn company!
- vacri 14y agoCharacters from Bananaman. Not my choice, and I can't wait for the list to exhaust... though I like the idea of calling the devs VM test server 'zookeeper'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananaman
- alanctgardner2 14y agoThe Apache foundation beat you to it! http://zookeeper.apache.org/ http://zookeeper.apache.org/ It's actually a clever name for what they're doing
- mikeash 14y agoJust be careful which scientists you use and in what context. Picking the wrong one could get you sued: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Apple_Computer http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Apple_Computer
- mncolinlee 14y agoYou'll never run out of microbrew beers. I mean for naming. I do run out of the real thing while coding.