https://bxm.net/tags/name/ Recent content in Name on BXM.net Hugo en-us Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bxm.net/why-the-project-is-called-bxm/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bxm.net/why-the-project-is-called-bxm/ <p>BXM started as a three-letter name looking for a project, and ended up with two projects that each claim it.</p> <p>Read one way, it&rsquo;s <strong>Binary eXchange Messages</strong>: values written as bytes, passed between programs and languages, and agreed on byte for byte at both ends. That&rsquo;s Canon.</p> <p>Read the other way, it&rsquo;s <strong>Build eXecution Memo</strong>: a note of what a build step did, kept so the step never has to do it again with the same inputs. That&rsquo;s Memo.</p>