Comment by carlhjerpe
Comment by carlhjerpe 5 days ago
Nice "I'll have this name" when there's already the helix editor :)
Comment by carlhjerpe 5 days ago
Nice "I'll have this name" when there's already the helix editor :)
https://crates.io/search?q=Helix
I'm surprised none in the team searched crates.io once before picking the name. Good luck!
I don't think `helix-editor` is even on crates.io, just placeholders.
https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/discussions/7038
That being said, when I saw `helix-db` I was thrown too. "What's a text editor doing writing a vector-graph database, I thought they were working on plugins?"
we just started off as a side project and thought the name fitted well. With the strands, graph type structure, connections...
We didn't think of getting people to use it until we found it was solving a real pain point for people, so weren't worried about trademarks or names. There was no other helix db so that was good enough for us at the time.
> There was no other helix db
There was no active one. We saw this and thought it would be a nice nod to history. We've actually spoken to some developers at apple who thought this was really neat :)
It's not the end of the world, just me being a bit grumpy. I mean it when I say good luck! :)
I can't tell if this is droll sarcasm, but just in case not...
perhaps it’s a homage to the famous Helix database (see Wikipedia)
First I'm hearing from it. The Beatles must've been super pissed when Apple took their name :(