Decide a name and publish to NPM

[sleexyz]

We'll want to pick a name that will

1. easily convey what the value of this system is
2. give us adoption within the JS community
3. googleable

Also it should be available on NPM.

[ArcherWheeler]

Rely

It has the "Re" naming convention of React and Redux. It implies safety, as it is reliable.

[MatteoVH]

I think something that implies that it's for APIs would be good. I think servant is a good name in that regard. You could also even reference servant with a name with similar etymology, such as "Waiter" (obviously a bad name, but just an example).

[ArcherWheeler]

@MatteoVH I think we're better off targeting the JS community. IDK how well known servant is, but even if they know it, people might be scared off if it's inspired by ~ Haskell ~.

[ArcherWheeler]

Some other ideas that being with ''Re":

Rebar -- It's a strong & safe support beam. Build your app on a stable foundation.
Ready -- The api is always ready(?)
Rebus -- A good crossword reference and an Originate inside joke

[sleexyz]

Barista

(Servant for coffee)
not available on NPM

[sleexyz]

What about something bridge related? What are your thoughts on the current branding of "API bridging"? Is there a better way to convey what this system does?

[sleexyz]

Here is my brain dump, sorted only in order of NPM availability, otherwise order is random. some of them are crappy, some of them are good.

The h1's are all available on NPM. The h2's are taken, but probably disputable. The h3's are active npm projects. The h4's are just snippets of ideas.

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consonant

• NPM: available!

fascia

• connective tissue
• NPM: taken but immediately resolvable (it's a placeholder project)

syncretic

• the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
• NPM: available!

syncresis

• NPM: available!

symphonic

• NPM: available!

conformance

• NPM: available!
• conformance to API

recouple

• NPM: available!
• recouple your decoupled microservices/decoupled stack
• bonus points for starting with re

resonant

• NPM: available! (can you believe it???)
• bonus points for starting with re

coupling

• NPM: available

transverse

• cross-stack
• lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
• NPM: available!

desmos

• δεσμός
• bind?
• NPM: available!

synapse

• In the nervous system, a synapse[1] is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron. Santiago Ramón y Cajal proposed that neurons are not continuous throughout the body, yet still communicate with each other, an idea known as the neuron doctrine.[2] The word "synapse" – from the Greek synapsis (συνάψις), meaning "conjunction", in turn from συνάπτεὶν (συν ("together") and ἅπτειν ("to fasten"))
• NPM: taken. (45 downloads a month, published 6 years ago. websocket, rest thing)

tendon

• NPM: taken. (16 downloads a month, published 2 years ago. backbond data binding library)

consonance

• agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
• NPM: taken. (7 downloads a month, published 2 years ago.)

conform

• NPM: taken, active

symmetric

• NPM: taken, but probably resolvable (4 downloads a month, published 5 months ago. it's a placeholder project, currently empty. for server side code in the browser)

pylon

• a support structure for suspension bridges or highways; See Tower
• NPM: taken, but inactive. (90 downloads a month, published 4 years ago. service registry)

truss

• bridge support structure
• NPM: taken, but inactive. (17 downloads a month, published 4 years ago. project scaffolding library)

couple

• NPM: taken, probably recoverable (17 downloads a month, published 6 years ago, inactive framework utility library)

reunion

• NPM: taken

skyhook

• NPM: taken (published 2 years ago, 24 downloads a month. pub sub system)

copula

• NPM: taken. (28 downloads a month, published a year ago. microservices library)

ligament

• NPM: taken. (74 downloads a month, published 3 weeks ago. css utility library)

contour

• an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
• NPM: taken, active

interface

inter

trans

shape

form

junction

cable

Conjunction

glue

adhesive

adhesion

cyanoacrylate

• superglue lol

link

chain

joint

trans

transport

cohesion

cohe

coherent

cohe

union

unite

universal

• space travel?
• interstellar

space elevator

tether

[ArcherWheeler]

Resonate is also available

[sleexyz]

Synapsis

• NPM: available!
• Synapse is a junction between neurons
• Synapsis is the joining of two chromosome pairs during meiosis