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I know naming a project is difficult so please don’t take offence when I write my first thought on reading the name trailbase and thinking “why would a project that wants to lead with speed name itself for moving slowly?” I’m sure they’re thinking of the other use of trail, not meandering or dragging.

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That's very valid and also why it's funny. Naming is hard. To be honest, I didn't think much about "trailing", certainly trailing in terms of adoption :). I did like the sound of "trail run" on the command line.

Definitely considered a bunch of alternatives. "SecondBase" was fun :)

I assumed it was meant to evoke "trailblaze".

Same.

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