Why are all of the comments about the name? The author literally said this is a toy project for educational purposes... There are thousands of projects on github. This isn't even the only other project named "vanta" on github (I just checked and there is an animation library for javascript called vanta). So, seriously, who cares?
If OP was an actual company, that would be different. But this is quite literally a toy project.
Anyway, congrats OP! Your project looks really cool.
Most probably those other projects haven't been at #1 on HN or similar sites for long.
I agree that having discussion get consumed by the name is unfortunate and off-topic. It's also predictable, alas (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44161041) but we have various tricks to try to dampen it.
Yeah, it's like if one writes a tiny calculator and names it Disney to learn how to program in Delphi, it's a learning exercise with 0 commercial intent so who cares. But for those who care about the name vanta, get the G from Go and rename it to Ganta, problem solved :-)
with the added benefit that the software family could be extended in the future with other learning exercises such as a Rust forum engine named Ranta
I agree. I was trying to use Vanta’s trust management platform to prepare for an audit but instead downloaded Vanta, the toy version of Wireshark. It's very easy to mix up 400 lines of go code on github with the security platform on vanta.com.
Congratulations on the launch! FYI there is a pretty well-known YC startup named Vanta that helps companies manage various security compliance certifications.
Obviously, there are often different services that share the same name, but given that Vanta isn't an actual word in the English language, I would think this might be confusing for people.
As a data point of one, I just assumed Vanta (the company) was doing a Show HN today and was confused at first glance.
Yes, we changed it to try to stave off off-topic discussion about the name.
The world is a big place. I bet this kid had no idea that the name was "taken"—either that or they assumed their project was so obviously different that no one would care.
Little did they realize that internet discussions go into seizure about names under all too many conditions.
Yeah, and especially as Vanta is adjacent... I think a rebranding is in order.
Vanta (and the auditors they market) is a nice company I'm happy user of but I'm afraid they won't be too pleased with this.
Your project is a pretty nice overview of what network level monitoring encompasses, I'd say it's more than a tool, it has obvious educational value. Would be sad to see it buried under naming issues.
Sometimes I like to think of myself as the CEO of my life. Why yes, I'm the CEO and make all critical decisions around Me, LLC. However, the founders have disvested and retired in another city. :)
There are loads of companies having a trademark with Vanta in it and a lot of companies are also called Vanta "something". But they are in different sectors. Myself I think of the Finnish airport (Vantaa).
I'm surprised that the Chicago equity firm didn't have vanta.com registered (they're on https://vantaglobal.com).
You weren't even the first to have Vanta registered in your sector. Nvidia has that registered at one point but didn't use the name and it became "dead".
All I'm saying really is that maybe you should look at yourself before you ask someone else to change their project's name.
Call it whatever you want, just please ensure that 'to the best of your knowledge, information, and belief this product will not make it’s way into that hands of Anish Kapoor.'
Note there's a popular cybersecurity company called "Vanta" to which they own the trademark, so the name probably should be changed to avoid confusion.
