cultofdevelopment.com is such a great name, I’m gonna go register it.
@Flaky - “What do you know, I voted for the correct answer, along with 24% majority! Stackoverflow.com.”…
What do you mean by “correct”? When it comes to something that is a matter of taste, there are no “right” or “wrong” opinions.
Also, the following from the list have been registered already:
humbledeveloper.com
metaprogramming.com
Let’s hope Jeff has them!
ologn.TLD
Yeah, they pretty much all suck, sorry.
The criteria that important to me when considering a domain name are:
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Say it out loud. Does it roll off the tongue? Is it catchy and distinctive, or cumbersome and tricky? Short and evocative words and phrases with few syllables are best.
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Write it by hand. Does it have any confusing words that might be hard to spell? Would you mind seeing it printed in stationary or on business cards? A good URL should look visually pleasing and fit in well with other textual elements in a design.
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Type it out. Does it contain any tricky characters or sequences of characters? Do you have to glance at your keyboard to type it out? A good URL should be ergonomically easy to type. Typing the URL shouldn’t cost users any kind of effort.
I can see that you are going for an approach that intentionally avoids the Web 2.0 style: short, too-clever, misspelled, enigmatic, whimsical, etc. Do, however, try to avoid the opposite extreme: long, bland, too-literal, and lacking in humor or spark.
With regards to this specific naming task, I would be careful about choosing computer jargon in the domain name. If you choose jargon that requires, say, undergraduate-level CS knowledge, you might alienate younger and less experienced programmers. If you choose jargon that requires an appreciation of low-level hardware or programming, you might alienate those that have always worked at higher levels of abstraction.
Good luck ;]
You’re much better off, IMHO, thinking of a distinctive, catchy name that doesn’t mean anything
This sounds like great advice until you try to actually do it.
I’ve spend 50-100 hours trying to find domain names, and it really is hell. This list has some pretty good options. And I think this is one case where a public opinion poll can actually be useful.
Stack Overflow, Private Void and Off Duty Ninjas sound awesome to me. =)
bytecurious.com anyone? [groan]
ah, haha, though the site was for UI but missed that the “problem” was about UI. Plz disregard my comment above 
I don’t know why ninjas keep popping up when i read stuff like this.
is there a relationship between ninjas and developers??
I loved stackoverflow.com, but it looks like you’ll be paying to use that one.
Maybe to need to tap pop culture for ideas not taken… howabout 2cores1thread.com?
I hope you bought all those names before some bastard sits on them.
Fat bastard squated on my domain.
How about NobodyKnowsWhatThisSiteIsAboutAndAsAResultNobodyKnowsWhatItShouldBeCalled.com?
I’ll emphasise again that I think you should keep references to hacking out of the equation - it’s guaranteed script-kiddie bait.
How about some l33t? (WHOIS claims the following are available)
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idmain.net||.org (the .com is taken. Then add your host name, for vo.idmain.net)
Since I’m on a roll, how about IBM’s famous magic debug value, DEADBEEF?
- deadb33f.com is available
For that matter, the OpenSolaris magic debug value is hillarious, but will probably draw the wrong people to your site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEADBEEF
what about:
- what-the-hack
- hackitecture
- soft-spot
- soft-where
- code-me-in
- code-uncovered
coding honor .com