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The first thing that stuck out to me was the name and logo. Alcatraz sounds cool (and I like the logo), but I'm not sure if something that evokes imagery of bei
by guptaneil 13y ago
The first thing that stuck out to me was the name and logo. Alcatraz sounds cool (and I like the logo), but I'm not sure if something that evokes imagery of being confined and locked up is what you want associated with an open-source package manager.
- neohaven 13y agoI'm pretty sure it's more a reference to the fact that XCode extension management is rather painful and feels like you're stuck using that IDE sometimes.
- josteink 13y agoI'm not sure if something that evokes imagery of being confined and locked up Given that it's for Xcode, the one dev-tool to rule them all, in the walled garden where Apple has all the keys, I think it fits perfectly.
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- joeblau 13y agoYeah, I would agree except that AppCode does Xcodes job a lot better than Xcode.
- mneorr 13y agoIt's like jailbreak for Xcode, that's the metaphor
- usingpond 13y agoEr, isn't this the opposite of a metaphor? A metaphor would be the name of a famous prison escape, not a famous prison itself.
- laurent123456 13y agoMaybe "Morris" would be a better name (Clint Eastwood in Escape From Alcatraz).
- mentos 13y agoI don't think it has any effect on me using the tool but I would say that Alcatraz has negative connotations for me. There are Ruby "Gems" and Cocoa "Pods", I'm trying to think of a similar name that evokes something that can be slotted in to something else... Cubby? Cubby - any of a group of small boxlike enclosures or compartments, open at the front, in which children can keep their belongings, as at a nursery school.