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leonheld
Slint is very much the real deal and I truly hope it sticks for a loooong time!
bobchadwick
For a second I thought there was a new album that had flown under my radar, and I wondered why a review of it had been shared on HN.
greenie_beans
lmao i did the same thing
tronical
If you scroll all the way down, you can see at least a similar look of “the band” :)
greenie_beans
lol nice. kinda want to work for them now, weirdly.
j4yav
I'm surprised they were able to take a well-known band name that's a made up word and name their project after it
Kiro
It's not a made-up word in my language.
j4yav
It is in the language of the band they took the name from and replicated the team/band photo from, though. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/slint-spid...
Kiro
They didn't take it from the band. Pretty sure the team photo was created as a response to everyone referencing the band.

> The name comes from our design goals - Straightforward, Lightweight, Intuitive, Native Toolkit.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389584

j4yav
Oh that's interesting, would you be able to name your project The Beatles and make an Abbey Road team photo, or maybe Radiohead is a better example as it's not a real word, if you had a similar acronym ahead of time? Or is it just that Slint doesnt have the legal team of the Beatles? Genuinely curious how it works.
coffeeaddict1
This project is really exciting. It's founded by 2 ex Qt guys and I think they made the right decision of focusing on the UI aspect only, instead of aiming to be a full on framework like Qt.