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Re: Project Gemini

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Post by arnaudsm » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:22 PM UTC

rappatic wrote: post #2

Why is everything named Gemini these days?

The Gemini protocol started in 2019, before Google's Gemini in 2023.

It's proably a popular word for tech workers fans of the american space race.

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by myaccountonhn » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:23 PM UTC

netdevphoenix wrote: post #10

Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict

Ask Google, this project predates the LLM.

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by agiacalone » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

I've had a Gemini Capsule (what Gemini calls a 'website/blog' since about 2021. It gets very little traffic, but it's fun to have. Browsing the smallweb is nice in the evenings when I want a high signal-to-noise ratio of interesting content.

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by adocomplete » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:29 PM UTC

mpalmer wrote: post #4

adocomplete wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yeah seems like an odd choice for a new project.

The project is six years old

I stand corrected.

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by blcknight » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:30 PM UTC

billfor wrote: post #9

blcknight wrote: post #5

So Gopher?

gopher over http: Seems like firefox et al removed support for it years ago.

Gemini's native protocol isn't HTTP, they invented their own. I don't really see what this does you couldn't do with simple HTML pages (or Gopher 35 years ago).

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by incognito124 » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:32 PM UTC

mock-possum wrote: post #8

rappatic wrote: post #2

Why is everything named Gemini these days?

Yeah it seems like everybody and their brother is naming things Gemini, is there a dual meaning I’m not aware of?

Nice pair of Gemini puns

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by zitterbewegung » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:33 PM UTC

netdevphoenix wrote: post #10

Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

-- Phil Karlton

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by ecliptik » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:33 PM UTC

From what I remember about the name, it's derived from NASA space programs. Where Gopher is Mercury, Web is Apollo and Gemini is in between.

Gemini is a new internet protocol which:

- Is heavier than gopher

- Is lighter than the web

- Will not replace either

- Strives for maximum power to weight ratio

- Takes user privacy very seriously

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by johnnyo » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

zitterbewegung wrote: post #17

netdevphoenix wrote: post #10

Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things. -- Phil Karlton

“There are only two hard things in computer science. Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.”

Re: Project Gemini

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Post by saretup » Mon, Nov 17, 2025, 4:39 PM UTC

myaccountonhn wrote: post #12

netdevphoenix wrote: post #10

Why do programmers have so little imagination when it comes to names? It should almost never be the case that project names conflict

Ask Google, this project predates the LLM.

Too small for Google to care about.