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Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by helpprotactiniu on Thursday October 01, 2026 @03:50PM (#49926259)
Is this named like Jev intentionally? Or is this just a new naming convention that I haven't been watching?
Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by trencedamp on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:18PM (#49926580)
I'm sure this is not the origin, but Bez is a celebrity in England, a member of a 90s band called happy Mondays who didn't sing or play anything but just danced. Famous on the panel show circuit
Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by jjgreen on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:32PM (#49926728)
Slander! What about the (occasional) maracas?
Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by trencedamp on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:59PM (#49927016)
Those were bowling pins, it was all fake
Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by autonome on Friday October 02, 2026 @04:47AM (#49931288)
Author here, yes this is the origin. I was trying similar names and a friend reminded me of Bez. Done.
Re:Bez: Generating a browser engine from specs and tests by monkpit on Thursday October 01, 2026 @04:04PM (#49926427)
Maybe it’s one of those weird LLM smells, like the OpenAI goblin problem.

https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/