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DoSomething Projects & Marvel Names

Phoenix

  • Main platform that powers the DoSomething.org website; it has been burned down and risen from the ashes a few times now.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant heroine with virtually limitless matter and energy manipulation, telepathy, telekinesis, empathy, etc. She is one of the most powerful mutants.

Forge

  • The DoSomething.org pattern library.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with superhuman intuitive talent at inventing and building; genius.

Northstar

  • The DoSomething user & identity service.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with superhuman speed and durability.

Aurora

  • The DoSomething user admin tool that provides an interface to Northstar.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant heroine with superhuman speed and durability; sister to Northstar and when they join hands together can emit a massive amount of energy.

Rogue

  • Service that handles all of DoSomething's user activity and upcoming reportback reviewing interface.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant heroine with power to absorb abilities, memories, personality, and physical characteristics of others via touch; powerhouse mutant with superhuman strength and flight.

Gladiator

  • Competitions platform for helping impact team run and handle competitions.
  • Marvel reference: An alien with superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, reflexes, and durability.

Gateway

  • Standard PHP API client for DoSomething.org services.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with the ability to teleport objects and people from one location to another.

Quicksilver

  • Original message broker system for handling messages in our systems.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with supersonic speed.

Blink

  • Message bus that helps transport messages across our systems.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant heroine with the power of teleportation; the ability to teleport herself and others at will.

Gambit

  • Internal API used to send/receive messages to and from Mobile Commons.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with the power of kinetic conversion and acceleration.

Longshot

  • Scholarship Applications stand-alone web app.
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with superhuman agility and probability manipulation; he has favorable probability outcomes, or "good luck".

Quasar

  • The main data platform.
  • Marvel reference: A cosmic hero with tremendous powers of energy manipulation.

Darwin

  • How we work & what we believe at DoSomething.org
  • Marvel reference: A mutant hero with reactive evolution; adapts and evolves to current environmental surroundings.

Nightwing

  • A redirect management application in Laravel, meant for Fastly integration.
  • DC reference: A hero with expert abilities as a martial artist and master acrobat and aerialist; the original Robin (of Batman fame).
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