[tantalor]

But, that's kind of a silly reason right? It's obviously a general purpose server platform. Nobody would say "NodeJS/perl/ruby/python/PHP/C++/Go/Java is for databases".

[mwexler]

Actually, it was originally designed to allow quick access to databases, but grew very quickly. So, no, not a silly reason at all.

[hnriot]

It doesn't sound like it has much to do with databases anymore, so the name really doesn't seem to fit.

[ricardobeat]

Hacker news doesn't have that much to do with hacking these days either, do you think it should change?

[jhgaylor]

I believe hacker news is very much so relevant to hackers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(programmer_subculture)

I believe that jsdb.io is also a fine name for a database of js libraries. I find it easy to remember. While looking at the url might be misleading before you've visited, once you've seen the site it'll be clear.

[ricardobeat]

That was tongue-in-cheek, see the parent comment.

BTW, I don't think jsdb is a bad name, but it's already taken.

[ksokhan]

With two unrelated projects I don't see a huge problem... People are not going to confuse the two, and I dont want to go into which is "more appropriate". Both jsdb.org and jsdb.io are completely free to name themselves as they want. No trademarks, no infringements. It was honestly a really nicely appropriate and memorable name for the service.

It was also a steal for a four letter domain name :)