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There's a lesson in here about how to name your product, but I can't quite flux my finger on it

Don't forget about the (awesome) cluster scheduler, Flux.

> Time to shine

Nor is this Flux the display warmth app

Nor f.lux, the warm light software that got Sherlocked by every major OS.

Nor the Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future.

Nor the famed Good Will Hunting and Argo actor and director, Ben Afflux

Nor the Cartoon Network show (and later movie) Aeon Flux.

I think it originally aired on MTV.

Nor the streaming service Net Flux

Nor the continuous delivery K8s tool. https://fluxcd.io/

Man that’s a blast from the past; used to be one of my fav apps.

also unrelated to a private repo I have in my github named flux

Thanks, that name was indeed making me wonder what's going on with the BFL people. :)

Exactly, these vectors point in very different directions!