Naming things

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

Phil Karlton (who did say it)

These are projects that stand out for naming things.

  • burgled-batteries—“A Common Lisp / Python Bridge”
  • cadaver—a command-line WebDAV client
  • Cloneoa—“Klonoa Custom Level Engine”
  • depenguin.me—“Install FreeBSD-14.0 on a dedicated server from a Linux rescue environment”
  • Humility—“Debugger for Hubris”. Hubris is an embedded kernel.
  • oreboot—“oreboot is a fork of coreboot, with C removed, written in Rust.”
  • Pretendo—a FOSS replacement for Nintendo’s servers for the 3DS and Wii U
  • Puffer Fish—text expansions for the fish shell
  • xxHashish—“xxHash in pure POSIX shell script”
  • Zerox OCR—“Zero shot pdf OCR with gpt-4o-mini”