How Was Snowy Evening Named?

@iamkeir asks: Where does the name come from? It’s brilliant

Thanks for the compliment! I agree.

You all know the feeling of a never-ending bug or task list. For every one item fixed, two more are added. This feeling frequently reminded me of the “miles to go before I sleep” ending of the Robert Frost poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening. It was one of the few poems I was asked to memorize as a kid (thanks mom!) and while I don’t remember every line, I’ve always remembered the visuals.

Luckily I’ve always had great luck in naming our products, so our designer agreed Snowy was a great fit.

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Building Snowy: Tools and Libraries We Use

This is our first post in the Building Snowy series, which will explore the decisions, mistakes, lessons involved with building the product. In this post we’ll describe a bit about the technology behind it.

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