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From a marketing perspective I'd argue it's good naming, since it sells the value of the library, rather than simply its feature/s. (i.e. its feature is 'handling webhooks' but its value is in allowing (the dev) to not have to deal with webhooks.

Steve Jobs once quipped about a similar thing he observed in the dairy industry's 'Got Milk?' marketing campaign, which focused on the absence of the product https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPwMguPasM

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Here a slightly longer version of that talk, that adds a lot more context. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doehWhv9SHU

It took a bit of hunting the internet, so I felt like sharing it.




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