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by fakwandi_priv 633 days ago
Why is this being downvoted? Seems like a valid concern to raise if you find two pieces of software somewhat having the same functionality.
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kylecazar 633 days ago
It has the same name, not the same functionality. I am not a downvoter... but it's probably because reading a few sentences of this blog post would reveal what it is.
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dboreham 633 days ago
Perhaps the complaint is more about project namers spending zero time checking for uniqueness.
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gs17 633 days ago
A problem shared with AT as well.
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gooseus 633 days ago
Was I being downvoted?

It wasn't even a criticism, just an observation for anyone else who was thinking the same or was interested in another popular project with a similar name (and seemingly similar functions? didn't look too hard).

Naming things is hard and we all kinda share one global tech namespace, so this is gonna inevitably happen.

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