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by hoistbypetard 589 days ago
My first thought was the Mac app that's been around for about 18 years now:

https://www.noodlesoft.com

And it had a release today.

https://www.noodlesoft.com/release_notes

Seems rough to jump on a name that's been in continuous use for that long. Would it be hard to add another word to make it easier to disambiguate?

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My first thought when viewing your link was the name "Hazel" which has been around since the late 19th century or so. Couldn't the devs have chosen a different name or added another word?

Jokes aside, name collisions are bound to happen. These two apps seem entirely unrelated so I doubt anyone will accidentally install "Hazel, the Mac app for organizing folders and files" when they meant to use "Hazel, the live functional programming environment organized around type holes."