Show HN: Privy - Open-source, privacy oriented alternative to GitHub Copilot

Re:Show HN: Privy - Open-source, privacy oriented alternativ... by monknomo on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @04:08PM (#39033464)

maybe I'm showing my rural roots here, but a privy is an outhouse. Of course, it also has the "secret" meaning, but...

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Re:Show HN: Privy - Open-source, privacy oriented alternativ... by tweetle_beetle on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @05:00PM (#39034130)

I suspect it's making use of the 'trusted personal advisor' connotations, similar to the metaphor of having a co-pilot if you will - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_council

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Re:Show HN: Privy - Open-source, privacy oriented alternativ... by zik on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @05:12PM (#39034289)

Maybe it's referring to "code smell"?

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Re:Show HN: Privy - Open-source, privacy oriented alternativ... by srikanth235 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @08:02PM (#39036072)

I was thinking more in terms of something like secret or private :)

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