# cancelok — running list of project names

The app outgrew "cancelok" (there are no cancel/ok buttons anymore — it became a
wander through a web of colour-coded pad-rooms). This is the shortlist we've been
turning over, kept so we don't re-check the same words. Domains noted where known;
availability drifts, so re-check before buying.

## Leading

- **ganny** — from **G**raphic **A**nimated **N**otation (the pads literally are
  animated notation: the visual is the score). Reads as a mascot/creature name,
  clean, no collisions. `.app` $8.75, `.art` $3.60 free; `.com` taken. Faint
  "granny" echo, soft in the singular.
- **schizholes** — evocative ("holes" fits the wander-through-rooms), fully coined
  and unmistakably ours. `.com`/`.app`/`.art` ALL free (rare). Flag: `schiz-` reads
  as schizophrenia — stigma-adjacent; a deliberate edge, not an accident.
- **piece.place** — literal, clean domain-hack. `piece.place` $18, `pieceplace.app`
  $8.75 free; `pieceplace.art` taken.

## Considered, with baggage

- **apads** ("aesthetic pads") — reads as "iPads" (Apple adjacency + confusion).
  `.app` $8.75, `.art` $3.60 free; `.com` taken.
- **ganjam** ("GAN jam") — reads as "ganja"; "GAN" also = generative adversarial
  network. Two wrong associations. `.app` $8.75 free; `.com` taken.
- **quilt** — perfect metaphor (patchwork grid of pads) but a common word: `.com`/
  `.app` taken, `.art` a $348 premium. Dead end.
- **buzzer** — `.com`/`.app`/`.io` taken, `.art` $348 premium. Dead end.
- **whistlegraph** — great fit for "graphic animated notation," but it's ALREADY
  our own live project (whistlegraph.org). Would collide, unless this folds in.
- **slablit / slabbit** — "slab" collides with our fleet tooling (slab menubar,
  slab/bin). slablit free; slabbit `.com`/`.app` taken.

## From the cancelok naming agent (2026-07-14, pre-wander redesign)

Ranked for the old cancel/ok-button framing; some may not fit the wander app.
- **nopad** — nopaint → nopad lineage; `.com`/`.app` taken, `nopad.art` $3.60.
- **nokay** — both verdicts in one word; `nokay.app` $8.75.
- **okcancel** — the spoken idiom; `okcancel.app` $8.75.
- **nocode** — best *idea* (build software by saying no to code), but `.com`/`.app`
  taken. Verdict: keep as the ESSAY/manifesto title at `aesthetic.computer/nocode`,
  not the app name.
- **notok** — tried in-code and reverted; `notok.art` $3.60.

## Current

- **cancelok** — `cancelok.app` still free. The name in the repo today; describes
  buttons that no longer exist. Rename when a keeper lands, then update the piece
  filename + the `^pads`/deploy wiring.

## Pedal analogy (subagent, 2026-07-14)

Mining the GUITAR PEDAL / stompbox / pedalboard world. The unlock: each self-running
pad IS a stompbox (one glowing thing it does), and **wandering = walking a pedalboard**.
The deepest fit is the *linger-vs-flick* signal → in pedal terms, engaging a pedal vs
leaving it on **true bypass**. Stomp/pad also literally bridges the app's own unit word
("pads") with the pedal verb.

Full candidate pool (rationale each):
- **stomppad** — the app's real noun ("pad") fused with the pedal verb; the pads ARE
  stompboxes. A true bridge word, not an outside metaphor.
- **truebypass** — flick past = true bypass, linger = engaged. Deepest concept fit;
  slightly technical/long.
- **fuzzgrid** — "fuzz" is both a pedal type AND the glow/grain of the visuals; grid = the lattice.
- **stompgrid** — clearest literal read: a grid of stompboxes you wander.
- **stompyard** — a sprawling yard of pedals to roam; roomy, gig-poster energy.
- **stompweb** — a web of stompboxes; echoes "web of pad-rooms" directly.
- **rigroam** — roaming a guitar rig; alliterative, motion baked in.
- **toneroam** — drifting through tones; soft, ambient.
- **patchbay** — real audio term: a grid you route through — literal metaphor.
- **bypass** — single-word version of the linger/flick idea; generic, .com dead.
- **patchgrid** — grid of pedal patches; a bit flat.
- **pedalpad** — pedal + pad; cute but redundant and a tongue-twister.
- **tapgrid** — tap-tempo + grid; you tap through it.
- **stomproom** — the pad-rooms as stomp-rooms; fine, less punchy.
- **glowbox** — glowing pad-room as a stompbox. Great fit but TAKEN (.app + .art).
- **rigwander / drivepad** — motion/overdrive riffs; weaker distinctiveness.

Domain sweep (Porkbun, checked 2026-07-14):

| name | .app | .art |
|---|---|---|
| **stomppad** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **truebypass** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **fuzzgrid** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **stompgrid** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **stompyard** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **stompweb** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **rigroam** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| **toneroam** | 🟢 $8.75 | 🟢 $3.60 |
| patchbay | 🔴 taken | 🟢 $3.60 |
| glowbox | 🔴 taken | 🔴 taken |

No premiums hit — every free name is at standard reg price on both TLDs.

### Ranked shortlist
1. **stomppad** — top pick. Reuses the app's own word (pads) welded to the pedal verb;
   self-explains, no acronym to teach. `.app` + `.art` both free.
2. **truebypass** — best pure-concept fit (linger=engaged / flick=bypass) but reads
   technical and long for a mascot-name. Both free.
3. **fuzzgrid** — names the glow AND the pedal in five letters + grid. Both free.
4. **stompgrid** — safest literal read; a touch generic. Both free.
5. **stompyard** — evocative, roomy; "yard" drifts a little from "grid." Both free.
6. **rigroam** — motion built in, alliterative; "rig" is less distinctive. Both free.

### Recommendation: **stomppad**
It beats the current leaders because it's the only candidate that fuses the app's OWN
vocabulary with the analogy — "pad" is already what these units are called; "stomp"
just tells you they're pedals you step on. That makes it self-explaining where **ganny**
is an opaque acronym you have to be told (plus the faint "granny"). It carries none of
the mental-illness stigma of **schizholes**, and it has real texture and a built-in
gesture where **piece.place** is a generic domain-hack. Short, lowercase, one warm
object, and `stomppad.app` / `stomppad.art` are both free at standard price. If a more
conceptual name is wanted, **truebypass** is the runner-up — it encodes the core
interaction (linger vs. flick) exactly.

## Later floats

- **pushpad** — `pad` family + "push" (you push/pull the web). `.app` $8.75 free;
  `.com` taken; `.art` $53 (mild premium). Flag: collides with an existing "Pushpad"
  web-push-notification SaaS, and reads a bit generic. stomppad avoids both.
- **quilt / buzzer / gans** — dead ends (common words: taken + premium .art).
- **lalapad** — `pad` family, playful/singable. `.com` $11 / `.app` $8.75 / `.art`
  $3.60 — ALL free at standard price (rare to get .com too).
- **flickware** — "flick" (the gesture) + "ware" (software); apt + evocative.
  `.app` $8.75 free; `.com` taken (some flickware exists — check before committing).
- **flikflak** — dead: `.com`/`.app` taken, and collides with Swatch's "Flik Flak".
- **horopad** — "horo-" (time/horology, nods to the beat clock) + pad. Obscure
  meaning but fully free: `.com` $11 / `.app` $8.75 / `.art` $3.60.
- **bobojam** — playful/singable; "jam" fits the music-making. "bobo" half is a bit
  clownish/random. `.app` $8.75 / `.art` $3.60 free; `.com` taken. (bobo alone: dead,
  taken + $348 premium .art.)

## Strong contender — jamapad

- **jamapad** — "jam" (what you do) + "pad" (the unit), connecting vowel. Self-
  explaining, warm, singable. ALL free incl. `.com` $11 / `.app` $8.75 / `.art`
  $3.60 (getting .com at std price is rare). Tighter "jampad.app" is TAKEN, hence
  the "a". Arguably beats stomppad (jam > stomp, warmer) and ganny (no acronym to
  teach). Top-tier candidate.

## Product-conflict check (web, 2026-07-15)

- **jamapad / jamapat** — no exact product. "Jam*" is a crowded prefix (Jam.dev,
  Jampp, Jamf, Jam Family Calendar) but the specific compounds are clear. jamapat
  also echoes our own `notepat`. CLEANEST. Both fully free incl. `.com`.
- **stomppad** — no exact match, BUT "STOMP" is an established music foot-pedal /
  page-turner brand (Coda Music Technologies). Same space + the pedal analogy makes
  confusion likelier. Moderate conflict.
- **bobojam** — no exact match, but "bobo" is a crowded app prefix (BoBo Balance,
  BoBo Home, BoBo voice chat). Moderate.