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		zanie 79 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Announcing the Beta release of ty Ruff wasn't named after the bird, we just think it's funny that Charlie didn't know it was a bird. He made up the word :)

collinmanderson 79 days ago | [–]

I've always assumed it was something like:

ruff - "RUst Formatter".

ty - "TYpe checker"

uv - "Unified python packaging Versioner"? or "UniVersal python packaging"

BiteCode_dev 78 days ago | | [–]

Also note that R, U and T are one letter away to spell Rust.

benrutter 79 days ago | [–]

Ah, thanks for demystifying!

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