The name Phoenix is overused. There is an Elixir framework called Phoenix. I think I also heard of other projects with that same name before.

It's a bit like the name 'Apollo'; besides the moon landing project, I know like 2 dev projects called that and also there is a sales SaaS platform with that name.

Surely people should run a search first before choosing a name...

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wewewedxfgdf 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

From the ashes of some previous project is born some new project.

It's symbolic.

I remember people naming new software projects this back in the 1980s for the same reason.

	▲	bloppe 31 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Ya, and that's the same reason all those other projects picked this name too
	▲	socketcluster 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's a great name but way overused. I guess everything these days rose from ashes of past failures. Sector is highly competitive.

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mths 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Better not ask them to think outside the box or they'll come up with something like fushichou.

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wakawaka28 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Firefox tried to use it and was sued for trademark infringement. wxPython also has a Phoenix project. It's definitely a catchy, but overused, name.

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LeFantome 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t think the problem was with “phoenix”.

It was Project Phoenix (resurrection of the Netscape browser). This resulted in the Firebird browser (Firebird and Thunderbird). But Firebird was an existing database that objected to the name. So, we got Firefox instead.

At least that is how I remember it.

	▲	lmz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Wasn't it renamed because of these people? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Technologies

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travisgriggs 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Phoenix in the Elixir ecosystem is probably one of the less confusing name uses. Under that stack you get such clear library framework names as: bandit, cowboy, thousand island, and ranch. As well as mint and finch. When not riffing off of previous project names with off axis alternate names, it’s always some sort of ExThing sharing space with at least 3 other varieties of the same (e.g. ThingEx, Thingx, and ExaThing), and you're left guessing which one may have emerged as a conventional standard.