Pythonic Naming (PyCon AU 2015 Lightning Talk)

Python needs a PEP for package naming.

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1. Pythonic Naming
   PyCon Australia, 2015
   

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2. Hello, I’m
   Amber Brown
   (HawkOwl)
   

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3. Twitter:
   @hawkieowl
   

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5. The biggest two problems
   in programming
   

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6. Cache invalidation
   

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7. Naming
   

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8. Off by one errors
   

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9. We need a PEP for
   Python names
   

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10. The regulation should be
    that the name should be:
    

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11. A common word
    (werkzeug is German, it counts)
    

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12. Easy to spell
    (parameeko? paramako?)
    

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13. Easy to pronounce

    (lol django???)
    

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14. A horrible pun.
    

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15. This is why Twisted is
    the best Python
    package on PyPI.
    

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17. the curses replacement:
    insults
    

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18. RPC framework:
    spread
    (made up of banana and jelly)
    

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19. The channel-esque package:
    Twisted Tubes
    

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20. live telnet/ssh debugger:
    manhole
    

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21. the Flask clone:
    Klein
    (a twisted flask is a klein bottle)
    

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22. the Django runner:
    Hendrix
    (a twisted Django Rinehart is Jimi Hendrix)
    

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23. dual-direction WebSockets:
    autobahn
    

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24. But some people are
    getting good on PyPI
    

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25. (not considering that the Cheeseshop
    itself is a Monty Python sketch)
    

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26. py2 x py3 compat:
    six
    

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27. internationalisation:
    babel
    

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28. process pooling:
    billiard
    

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29. Python interpreter written in
    Python:
    pypy
    

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30. SOAP client:
    suds
    

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31. ASPIRE TO THIS
    

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32. I expect better from
    you all!
    

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33. If you write a client for
    elasticsearch,
    don’t call it pyES
    

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34. don’t call it
    ‘elasticsearch’
    

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35. Call it
    ’stretchyadder’
    (or something idk)
    

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36. Make it amusing!
    

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37. Make it a play on words!
    (extra points for obscurity)
    

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38. Make it really easy to
    Google
    

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39. Because nobody else
    but a Pythonista would
    call their pride and joy
    such a dumb name
    

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40. Keep Python Weird
    

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