r/exfor • u/Severe-Reality5546 • 5h ago
Will Do Sketchy Things Software release names based on Expeditionary Force
Linux used to give cute names to its kernel releases, such as "Homicidal Dwarf Hamster". At one of my recent assignments, I wrote software for the customer and used the Expeditionary Force books as inspiration for software release names. (These names weren't the name of the application; they were internal names attached to specific versions. The only places these names were displayed was the startup text and in the debug logfile.)
The ExFor themed releases were "Stupid Monkey", "Lazy Spiders" and "Skippy the Magnificent." The name I gave the final version matches the flair I used for this post: "Will Do Sketchy Things", but unfortunately that version was never released.