In my GitHub profile photo https://github.com/jart you'll see me holding a stuffed toy I call greenbean which has been cute little work desk companion of mine for some time. Later on I came into possession of a stuffed red lobster. A Chinese friend of mine suggested the name redbean as a companion for greenbean. Later in 2020 I was writing demo programs to showcase the capabilities of Actually Portable Executable. When I decided I wanted to write an HTTP server, redbean was looking up at me on my desk. That's when the idea clicked and it's been redbean ever since.
