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throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

verdverm · 2 years ago

Well, I guess this is more motivation to leave HCL and anything related to TF... tofu? Poor naming choice imho, searching is going to be a terrible time, wonder how confused the ChatGPTs will get?

I'm allergic to soy and derivatives like tofu, so not liking this name change

A CUE powered solution will be much better anyway, go straight to the APIs for definitions, no intermediate, yet still unique, (leaky) abstractions

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

Modern search engines and LLMs have no trouble distinguishing between different things with the same name. Google Trends will even show you something is a product, a service, a book, whatever. If you ask a LLM "what is this tofu infrastructure as code tool I keep hearing about?" it will 100% tell you about the tool and not the food.

throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK · 2 years ago

As a total outsider, what's wrong with "TF"? Doesn't a penis picture as a github symbol rather bother anyone?

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

It's more practical and less hilarious.

There is a thing called acronym, abbreviation, or initialism copyright.

For Hashicorp's Terraform, "TF" is a well recognized abbreviation.

Hashicorp can't prohibit anyone from using "TF" in all areas, but it can argue that "OpenTF" confuses users that expect anything "TF" to mean "Terraform".

You can probably create a "OpenTF juice maker" without problem but OpenTofu especifically is in the same area as Hashicorp's Terraform, so it's better to avoid any trouble there.

throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

da39a3ee · 2 years ago

The criticism of hashicorp seems childish. Why shouldn't they restrict the way in which companies make money from their inventions as they see fit? There's a lot of thoughtless entitlement among some of the attitudes being expressed in this debate.

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

This discussion ship has sailed.

throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

yyyk · 2 years ago

Tofu has an ancient reputation as a vegetarian replacement for meat. Its taste depends on the preparation (raw Tofu is very flexible).

Some people associate it positively ('ethical', 'wholesome', 'tasty'), others do not ('not the real thing', 'tasteless').

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

I think OpenTofu should embrace the negative connotations. Go crazy, make everything Tofu, that's the goal. It'd be a nice side history for marketing purposes. I doubt anyone would not use the tool because of it and others would get a good chuckle.

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throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

verve_rat · 2 years ago

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

I just read the plot and now I understand the reference.

So it was a clever comment but not particularly a joke (maybe a not so good one?)

throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

fishnchips · 2 years ago

> designer that can come up with some crazy lore of terraforming with tofu

I have a feeling that the designer may find it... challenging.

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

I can imagine a piece of tofu with robotic arms terraforming stuff. Pretty easy.

Or a globe with a tofu on top. Make the tofu evil/insane and create a story it wants to transform every plant in tofu.

throwawayllaq commented on OpenTF is now OpenTofu github.com/opentofu/opent... · Posted by u/zoidb

thefilmore · 2 years ago

Why not OpenTransform?

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

Wny OpenTransform?

throwawayllaq commented on Announcement regarding possible offer investors.mariadb.com/new... · Posted by u/pranay01

63 · 2 years ago

I took it as a way to intentionally misdirect the reader and then subvert their expectations. In other words, a joke.

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

I took it as it was written, word by word.

throwawayllaq commented on Ask HN: After ChatGPT, why are voice assistants still so horrible? · Posted by u/throwawayllaq

smoldesu · 2 years ago

> Which evil force is making them so bad?

First-party liability, probably. I doubt Apple or Google are interested in shipping an "assistant" that can't reliably distinguish fiction from fact.

throwawayllaq · 2 years ago

To be fair, I'm not saying it should hold all the knowledge in the world. I just expect it to give me short answers to pretty simple questions.

For example: "Hey Google, what are the biggest cities in Australia?" could be answer by "Hey Dave, the biggest cities in Australia are Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane" OR "I don't know this information and can't search the web for it"... but it just answers "I did not understand" over and over for anything.

It seems to only understand (sometimes): "play X on spotify", "directions to X", "restaurants" ... anything in slightly more complex natural language is a no go.

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