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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by zrail on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:08PM (#20795925)
I use Simpson’s bit characters. Never gonna run out of those.
Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by jquery on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:14PM (#20795958)
I use One Piece characters for the same reason. My most beefy PC is Monkey D. Luffy and so on. Like you, I like the whimsy in using names from a fictional world, and some worlds have more names to choose from than others.
Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by dillonmckay on Monday August 26, 2019 @06:30AM (#20798631)
My first job, I named each web server off of a different Simpson’s character, all attached to a big KVM, so I customized each desktop to the character, so I could easily tell what server I was in.
Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by AstroJetson on Monday August 26, 2019 @10:27AM (#20800118)
Some people thought it was annoying, but the desktop picture had the character in the upper right corner. Away from the Icons, but you could glance ad see who it was and go right to it.

Also have used Simpson's for test data. There is some built in structures that can be used Abe-> Homer == Marge > Bart, Maggie, Lisa. Lots of people mostly remember them.