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Cool concept, but name collision: Sieve has been the name of a server-side mail filtering language for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_%28m

by elehack 13y ago

Cool concept, but name collision: Sieve has been the name of a server-side mail filtering language for quite some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_%28mail_filtering_language%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieve_%28mail_filtering_langua...

ajitk 13y ago
Glad that you liked the concept. Wasn't aware of the unfortunate name collision. I am open to suggestions. Thanks!
- jeremyswank 13y ago
  well, a sieve sifts, how about sifter?
  - ajitk 13y ago
    Thanks. I like sifter. Going to check if it is available.
    - twanlass 13y ago
      Probably want to avoid that as well - https://sifterapp.com https://sifterapp.com - #1 Google result for sifter...
- tekacs 13y ago
  DiffWeb? Detect? (amusingly not taken within tech, seemingly)
- jeremyswank 13y ago
  if sifter is out, then something like sift could be winnow or winnower. might be a bit obscure for non-agrarians, but it has 'win' in it!
- alariccole 13y ago
  Siv. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5739784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5739784
  - ajitk 13y ago
    Liked this suggestion. Unfortunately the domain names getsiv.com and sivapp.com are taken. Edit: siv.io could be nice.
- ljd 13y ago
  Herodotus or shorten it to Herodo GetHerodotus.com and GetHerodo.com are both open
- mosburger 13y ago
  strainer?
X-Istence 13y ago
This is exactly where my thoughts went when seeing the name, as well as the title on this submission.