Unicorn

#1

Post by monsur » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:24 PM UTC

Unicorn
getunicorn.io

Re: Unicorn

#2

Post by tptacek » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:33 PM UTC

Extremely confusing name, given that Unicorn happens to be the name of both an extremely popular Ruby web server and its extremely popular Python port.

Re: Unicorn

#3

Post by pak » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name?

1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/

2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/

The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are missing.

Edit: A Ruby and a Python library, named unicorn-rest and unicorn respectively, are built into this project. This is madness.

Re: Unicorn

#4

Post by kaolinite » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:37 PM UTC

Hm, that's the Github unicorn. I wonder if they have permission.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksc5rubkMt1qz5pz6o1_500.pn...

Re: Unicorn

#5

Post by zampano » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:38 PM UTC

pak wrote: post #3

Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…

I clicked and just assumed it was the Ruby server, I've even seen that logo used in conjunction with Unicorn before. Did they just not google the name at all before diving in?

Re: Unicorn

#6

Post by nijiko » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:38 PM UTC

kaolinite wrote: post #4

Hm, that's the Github unicorn. I wonder if they have permission. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksc5rubkMt1qz5pz6o1_500.pn...

We do! It's owned by Daniel Shaw, who I got permission from to use in an open-source project.

Re: Unicorn

#7

Post by nijiko » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:40 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #2

Extremely confusing name, given that Unicorn happens to be the name of both an extremely popular Ruby web server and its extremely popular Python port.

My little cousin decided it and I didn't have the heart to break his...

Re: Unicorn

#8

Post by danielmagnusson » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:41 PM UTC

Looks really good, only need a name change..

Re: Unicorn

#9

Post by psychometry » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:42 PM UTC

pak wrote: post #3

Could they have possibly picked a more confusing name? 1. Unicorn for Ruby: http://unicorn.bogomips.org/ 2. Green Unicorn for Python: http://gunicorn.org/ The fact that this is an HTTP request library, as opposed to a server, is what pushes this into serious troll territory. The only saving grace here is that Java programmers searching for this library might come upon one of the other two and realize what they are mi…

As pointed out by another commenter, they also ripped off the unicorn image seen on Github error pages, which further confuses the matter because Github obviously used that unicorn since they run the Unicorn web server, not whatever this HTTP library is.

They would have been better off naming it something awful like "Hospice" or something.

Re: Unicorn

#10

Post by existentialmutt » Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 7:42 PM UTC

This strikes me as intentionally misleading. They're using the github angry unicorn pic.

GH is a noted proponent of Unicorn the ruby app server. https://github.com/blog/517-unicorn