That naming only works if you commit to the bit even when it doesn't make sense. That builds branding.

People complain when a product use a familiar name that might collide and there's also people complaining when they invent new words altogether.

Naming things is hard.

Says who? I kind of like it.

Their web chat UI seems to be called “Vibe.” I think? I’m not sure if that’s the name of the product or just what they decided to label it in the browser. I wonder if -strap is just what they call the actual models, which are meant to be run “under the hood” anyway, so not really part of the branding.

But I wish they could commit to the bit fully and call everything -stral. It’s quirky and self aware to give your products silly names.

Argue about taste. At least it is more original than OpenAI (haha, 'open') who started as non-profit and then pulled an Infantino. The Le Chat logo is also cool retro :)

On general purpose LLMs, and vibe coding, Mistral lags behind. But I find the targeted LMs much more interesting.

There can be other valid perspectives than your own

Was this one the last stral for you?

The stral the broke the camel's back?

The shortest stral has been pulled for you

It seems like you're just clutching at strals now