examples: factory girl was renamed to "factory bot". https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/issues/921
github is renaming `master` git branches to `main` https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-...
Never realized that was why factory-girl changed its name... That's interesting thank you!
PatchGirl was initially only a rest client so it was just a stupid pun (because of postman). But it stick and now I like the name :-P
This station was very fast paced, precise, and very stressful. And had a small pay increase to account for what a demanding position it was.
The role was open to anyone but when I was there it was all women (and usually was). I was told it was because they most often had the ability to stay calm in the never ending onslaught of cans and still do precise work for hours on end.
I (as a man) worked on at this station for a few days, but couldn’t handle it. It was bonkers hard and those women were beyond impressive.
"Girl" has a lot of historical connotations when applied to real actual work. It was a way to belittle the importance of people's skills and organizational value. When I first read "PatchGirl" I saw switch-board operators, not superheros - because it sounds exactly like a name that would get applied to women's work in the 1950s.
The same is true for "boy": if you want to imply someone's not a man, you call them "boy"... but no one after the 1950s would do this in an office setting unless they were being antagonistic. Again, it's fine for a superhero!
I think that's why some people will be against the name. Words are powerful, and have been used powerfully in the past. If you're not aware of the past (or not adversely affected by it) then it seems like a stupid nitpick - but to some there's a negative reaction to seeing history repeating.
Girl just sounds better.
Companies and powerful organizations are wary of the unlimited genders people as there is a worry that they may control enough economic power to make things unpleasant, therefore any organization that is not strongly on the two genders team chooses no genders as the compromise in the war.
People would rather bury the idea that this industry is male dominated then make sound business decisions.
- hopefully IMO not sound business advice
- and it is not backed by evidence that this is even a problem
- or that the "solution" will solve anything,
- it is backed by anecdotal evidence of a thing many of us dislike intensely: namely innocent organizations and individuals being hounded into crazy things because someone thinks someone else might get offended.
I say as Rowan Atkinson: feel free to insult me!
When I was young and vulnerable people did that to some small degree anyways and now I am old enough to don't care and/or get back at them, and meanwhile it has been an invaluable lesson.
In my case: Just stick to the facts, and don't accuse me of things that aren't true.
Or: in other words, if someone suggested your codebase should have comments in Russian because "think of the Russian children" it would be downvoted to.
What are your credentials? specifically related to the fact that github is moving away from master/slave terminology. Do you feel like their executive team is acting on unsound business ideology?