Martin Stewart (Nov 19 2021 at 12:04): Martin Stewart (Nov 19 2021 at 12:04):I'm not a fan of having a particular name for programmers of a language (cough Elmers cough) but a friend came up with an excellent one that I want to share anyway: Roc-a-fellas!
Sorry if this is too off-topic :sweat_smile:
Anton (Nov 19 2021 at 12:18):It's not bad, but I'm not loving the association with the oil industry :p
Martin Stewart (Nov 19 2021 at 12:20):True. Or that is assumes Roc programmers are male.
Jeroen Engels (Nov 19 2021 at 12:50):I don't know about a name for the programmers, but if there is ever something like a bootcamp for Roc, I think that Roc-enroll would be a terrific name.
Martin Stewart (Nov 19 2021 at 12:53):Haha, that's a good one
Richard Feldman (Nov 19 2021 at 12:55):I've always assumed adding "-ers" was the way to go with this one, but the question is how to spell it!
"rockers?"
"roccers?"
something else?
Richard Feldman (Nov 19 2021 at 12:55):"roc-ers?"
Jeroen Engels (Nov 19 2021 at 12:58):My gut feeling would be roccers, but auto fix on keyboard will be a pain (same for Roc-enroll btw).
Jeroen Engels (Nov 19 2021 at 12:58):Or on a totally different direction, birdies? :sweat_smile:
Richard Feldman (Nov 19 2021 at 13:00):as an American, whenever I see "roccer" I can't help but think :football:
Richard Feldman (Nov 19 2021 at 13:01):I didn't think about autocorrect - at least for me, "roc-ers" doesn't get autocorrected on Android (and of course neither would "rockers")
Jeroen Engels (Nov 19 2021 at 13:03):Hmm, that one wasn't a problem indeed (on my dutch-french-english keyboard)
Brian Hicks (Nov 19 2021 at 15:54):rococos, after the late ba-roc style
Brian Hicks (Nov 19 2021 at 15:54):crocheters
Brian Hicks (Nov 19 2021 at 15:57):slow cookers (you know, roc-pots)
Ju Liu (Nov 19 2021 at 17:20):rookie, as "we're all rookies here"
Brendan Hansknecht (Nov 19 2021 at 17:24):Brian Hicks said:
slow cookers (you know, roc-pots)
Can we just call roc programmers roc-pots??? haha. :rolling_on_the_floor_laughing:
Lucas Rosa (Nov 19 2021 at 22:41):birds?
Lucas Rosa (Nov 19 2021 at 22:41):"Here's a new platform for you birds"
... hm na nvm lol, sounds silly
Lucas Rosa (Nov 19 2021 at 22:42):I have a feeling it might end up being roc-ers cause it's the most obvious one
Wolfgang Schuster (Nov 19 2021 at 22:43):Not to be confused with the rockers of https://codewithrockstar.com/ :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Lucas Rosa (Nov 19 2021 at 22:44):lmao
Lawrence Job (Nov 19 2021 at 22:47):Why has Rocstars not been mentioned and rejected yet? :innocent:
Lucas Rosa (Nov 19 2021 at 23:07):lol true
Anton (Nov 20 2021 at 09:27):Rocstars is not humble but it is a very cool name
Jeroen Engels (Nov 20 2021 at 10:19):What about Rocs? :thinking:
Brendan Hansknecht (Nov 20 2021 at 16:50):Does that mean we call a group of roc programmers a pile of rocs?
Lawrence Job (Nov 20 2021 at 19:07):Multiple Roc would be a Floc of Rocs, I guess
Roc Floc(k) :bird:
jan kili (Dec 05 2021 at 02:09):The package registry should be called the Roc Pile.
jan kili (Dec 05 2021 at 02:17):Eh, unless that brings to mind a pile of birds... which seems wrong...
jan kili (Dec 05 2021 at 02:20):I'll throw "Roc Heads" into the mix, though I'd prefer many of the above (or none, lol)
jan kili (Dec 05 2021 at 02:28):It's impressive how much worse "Roceteers" and "Rocettes" are when read than when said :laughing:
Jason Hobbs (Dec 05 2021 at 13:53):Roc Riders, playing on the idea that we're riding the legendary bird, having some control over it. Like how we control our use of the language, Roc.
Jason Hobbs (Dec 05 2021 at 13:56):Or just "Rider"... I'm an aspiring Rider
Jason Hobbs (Dec 05 2021 at 15:02):Roc Riders also plays off the Rough/Ruff Riders, which has some potential fun
Jason Hobbs (Dec 05 2021 at 15:04):@Jan Van Bruggen I actually really like Roceteers... (maybe just keep the "k" though: Rocketeers)
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:39)::joy::joy: I think those are all a little corny
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:39):The only one I’ve ever actually liked was for elixir devs, alchemists. But no one really uses it often
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:40):Only in like podcast and YouTube channel names mostly
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:40):I think even rustecean is too corny
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:41):Realistically I imagine people will mostly just say “roc dev”
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 18:41):But don’t let me ruin the brainstorming fun either
Jason Hobbs (Dec 05 2021 at 19:12):I think the important element is that people like to identify by the name as well. It's less important that "Roc" be in the name.
In the Dogecoin community, the members are Shibes. (after the dog pictured on the coin).
Lady Gaga's people are Little Monsters, and they even have their own hand gesture (which I think ours clearly should be :rock_on:)
There's a mission-driven entrepreneur community called Archangel, with the members going by the same name.
A goal would be that people introduce someone by the name... This is John, he's a Shibe.
Might be worth identifying how we want enthusiastic Roc devs to feel, and coin a name that delivers that feeling.
Tankor Smash (Dec 05 2021 at 21:45):Roccer seems pretty good
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 23:19):@Jason Hobbs you’re quite cultured I see :p
Lucas Rosa (Dec 05 2021 at 23:19):Love the examples and you make a good point
J.R. 'hiljusti' Hill (Feb 16 2022 at 07:17):I really like Rocketeers
Other ideas:
I think for things like "rocer" I'd just go for adding the k. "Rocker" is so much more natural feeling, and I think it's ok to bend some rules. Language is a fluid, evolving thing.
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