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by Yetanfou 4254 days ago
All you need to produce a 'good' name is a simple script, a list of adjectives and a list of critters. A few sample runs from my proprietary name generator produces these CamelCased (KamlKzed?) marvels of ingenuity:

    FragrantDuck
    CourteousOwl
    RecklessPig
    OtherMoose
    CaringFrog
    MindlessFish
    UpbeatLizard
    WhisperedHippo
    SlushyWhale
    OilyAccountant
    CompassionateHog
    InstructiveMonkey
    ForkedCow
    ...
Of course I did not work on this script for quite a while, and it shows. To be really trendy I'd have to remove some vowels here and there, change a 'c' for a 'k' now and add the odd '-ly'.
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My startup name generator[1] does something very similar. Instead of adjectives and critters it uses tech and culinary terms. Here's the first 5 it came up with:

  SteamWare
  MountFont
  CaviarBeta
  ChipBinary
  SystemCocoa
[1] http://montanaflynn.me/lab/startup-name-generator/
I got FragmentSalad, a great name. Haven't thought of a company to go with it yet, but that shouldn't hold me back...
A tool to save, search, share and make best use of code snippets/fragments.
KamlKzed...brilliant! I already have a failed startup called CompassionateHogly. We built software for calculating optimal broom width for a given arm length.

Otherwise that's the best list I've seen yet!

I know this comment doesn't contribute much to the conversation here, but your comment made me laugh way too hard to not let you know. Sorry your startup failed.
ForkedCow.com is not available... because I just bought it :-) Thanks!
Looks like FusedCow is ruining your Googlability
The plan is to overcome that by first building a billion dollar company behind forkedcow.
The next Omaha Steaks?