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xwdv on Oct 9, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: JSON Crack – A tool that generates graph diagrams ...

A bit of an aside but I thought the practice of using drugs in an application or tool names had fallen out of favor? Remember Amphetamine?

conqueso on Oct 9, 2022 [–]

I also initially thought of crack cocaine, but it turns out the name means literally to crack the data - as in break it apart into visual nodes

socialismisok on Oct 9, 2022 | [–]

Yeah, the name sure threw me at first too. Even with the the definition that's like "cracking oil" it's just an odd choice.

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