Was wondering if this was a joke because of the name - seems like someone put very little thought into the name and just hit the keys under their left hand on the keyboard.

There has been quite a bit of discussion on the name. Apparently there are other projects with the same name and similar ones. Perhaps a rename will be in order if the project grows in popularity. https://lobste.rs/s/aqijyr/asdf_-_extendable_version_manager...

There's a series of humorous animatipns on Youtube by a similar name, too.