Not to be a downer, but I'm not sure a common name like Seth really solves the problem here. I can already foresee:
new_person: New relay operator here, any tips? somebody: Hey, try Seth! new_person: The EFF technologist who posts on tor-talk? new_person: Does he help with relay admin stuff, too? somebody: Nope, it's something completely different. It's a confusing name.
Thanks Mike! Actually, when Roger reminded me of Seth Schoen that's the one thing so far that did give me pause. I doubt this would honestly cause confusion but that aside, I should check with him. I'd find it unpleasant if a popular project in this community was named 'Damian'. If he feels likewise I should pick another name.
Hope not though. I really like this one. :(
Spoke with Seth Schoen and he's fine with it, though suggests usually opting for lowercase (which makes sense anyway, it's a commandline script like top and lsof after all!).
Response on this thread though makes me nervous. Personally I really like the name. Like Stem (... which I think was a great library name) it's short, memorable, and sounds neat. Personally I don't associate seth much with a person's name. Besides Seth Schoen and a particularly neat Crusnik in Trinity Blood I've never heard the name before.
Mike's comment that it was a common name caught me off guard so looked it up. Seems 'Seth' is the 643rd most popular name [1], used by 77 thousand of 318 million residents of the US (0.02%). Indeed honestly higher than I thought, but not distressingly so.
Are there truly any sizeable concerns with this name or can I move forward? I like it, but don't want to opt for something generally disliked by the community.
And on a side note, damn naming things is hard...
Cheers! -Damian