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I assume the name is based on Vannevar Bush's Memex¹?

¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex

The ex suffix could also come from Elixir (its a common pattern in many libraries)

This and the previous comment are both correct :)

I'm guessing it's not my mate DC's old software company¹.

¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex_Technology_Limited

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