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Siddarth Kumar @siddarthkayOct 22310fdeb

whats the inspiration behind calling this dev/null @nunomaduro @tom

The name started as a codename the day before launch, and they liked it enough to keep it. Someone asked about reconsidering the domain just before the announcement and got "It's too late," then the countdown ran.

Siddarth Kumar @siddarthkayOct 22

oh i thought because in bash we would frequently pipe in 2>/dev/null

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Tom @tomOct 22

Heh, that's the obvious nod: /dev/null is the void. What I know is they picked it as a launch codename; I don't have more on whether 2>/dev/null was on their minds.