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Off topic but what is the name supposed to reference with Rider? I get that it’s a play on “writer” but what does riding have to do with anything?


> "Legend has it that the name Rider comes from ReSharper IDE, but since Ride didn’t sound great, it became Rider.

— We haven’t found the source for this story yet."

From https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2022/08/03/happy-5th-birth...


I suppose it's word play, as usual in JetBrains product names. *(See) Sharp rider", that is, an expert rider (of a horse, or a bike).




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