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If you didn't know already, "Artanis" is "Sinatra" backwards. It is similar to frameworks such as Ruby Sinatra, Python Flask and Java Spark.

Also the main dev, "Nala Ginrut" is "Alan Turing" backwards, sorta.

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I just noticed that. I thought they named it after the Protoss character from StarCraft.

Nostalgia kicks in and memories of playing StarCraft on Dial-Up return... I miss how simple the web was back then... AOL, MSN, not even Google was mainstream yet I don't think haha

Also for those wondering:

http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Artanis

The AOL dream is sorta realized... AIM is now Facebook Messenger, AOL emphasized keyword search over addresses just like how people just Google everything... maybe that's all actually...

It's also another name for Galadriel, the Lord of the Rings character.

I severely misread this and thought you meant that Alan Turing backwards was another name for Galadriel for ~5 minutes

/sigh.

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