[karussell]

A bit off-topic, but I (as a non-native reader) find the "anti" in the name off-putting. Has it a special meaning beyond the (meta)physics or is Google just bad with naming?

[locusofself]

I assume it is just meant to imply light-weightness, either in the application itself or making you feel as though you can float / fly .

[easton]

I always thought it was a joke on the python xkcd: https://xkcd.com/353/

(Which, interestingly, also appears if you type “import antigravity” at the python repl).

[karussell]

Nice, thank you! Seems the most plausible explanation to me now that I know it :)

[altairprime]

It’s like Unobtanium but for productivity-increasement. “Antigravity helps your startup get off the ground” etc. Yawn.

[TacticalCoder]

> ... or is Google just bad with naming?

I don't hate Google but they're really terribly bad at naming things.

The whole "Google Apps for (your) Domain" / "G Suite" / "Google Workspace" was quite the SNAFU (still is).

Then the Gemini CLI / no anti-gravity / no not anti-gravity either but yes anti-gravity CLI...

Oh and just the word "anti-gravity" itself: let's look at Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gravity

Notice the dash?

Just picking a word where half of the people are going to write it with a dash and the other half won't is poor naming choice.

And don't get me started on "Alphabet".

[antimirov]

Welcome to my life - my username is my actual surname :-D