Exposure to perceptible temperature rise increases concern about climate change (theconversation.com)

Been working on an AI productivity tool and stuck on the name. One that keeps coming back to me is Cyntiq. It sounds sleek and kind of synthetic, which fits, but I’m not sure if it stands out or just blends in with the endless stream of short-techy-brandable names.

How do you decide when a name is good enough to commit? Do you just run with what feels right, or is there a deeper process behind choosing something to build around?

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mnky9800n · 11d ago

I try to pick project names that are indicative to what the project is about.

SerpRateAI - a project building ai/ml tools to understand serpentinisation rates

4d-modeller - an R package that builds spatiotemporal models (don’t use it, it sucks, we had a couple bad hires and so we ran out of money before it could become good haha)

Etc.

star_boyzz · 11d ago

I respect that a lot SerpRateAI actually sounds sharp, like it knows what it’s doing. But yeah, balance is tricky... Descriptive names make sense, but sometimes a little abstraction gives you room to grow.

mnky9800n · 11d ago

I would like to pretend I know what I’m doing haha

Ekaros · 11d ago

As user one of the most important things for me is that your name is actually searchable. Also using traditional search engines. If that is not true, I would skip the name.

star_boyzz · 11d ago

Totally feel you on that. I’ve caught myself checking if a name “works” in Google before I even buy the domain. If it brings up junk or something unrelated on the first page, I usually bail too.

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How do you know when a name is "good enough" to build around?

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