On: Bastion – A Highly-Available Distributed Fault-Tol...

[ibraheemdev]

Bastion means "a well-fortified position." I think this is meant to highlight the fault-toleranceness of the runtime.

[andrewflnr → ibraheemdev]

But if it's an Erlang-style system, it gets its resilience by acting less like a solid fortress and more like a guerilla force that melts away when you attack it. :D So I'd still have to say Bastion is an odd name.