diff --git a/src/activity.ts b/src/activity.ts
index edc221e..2856f2c 100644
--- a/src/activity.ts
+++ b/src/activity.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import markdownit from "markdown-it";
-import { Article, buildCanonicalUrl, getById as getArticleById } from "./article.js";
+import { Article, buildCanonicalUrl, getArticleById } from "./article.js";
 import { User, getByActor } from "./user.js";
 import { fillRoute, reverseRoute } from "./router.js";
 import { streamToString, hashDigest } from "./util.js";
diff --git a/src/article.ts b/src/article.ts
index 4660dfc..a062e1b 100644
--- a/src/article.ts
+++ b/src/article.ts
@@ -17,28 +17,28 @@ export const zArticle = z.object({
 
 export type Article = z.infer<typeof zArticle>;
 
-export const getBySlug = async (slug: string): Promise<Article | null> => {
+export const getArticleBySlug = async (slug: string): Promise<Article | null> => {
     return db<Article>("articles")
         .where("slug", slug)
         .first()
         .then((rec) => !!rec ? fixDates<Article>(rec) : null)
 };
 
-export const getById = async (articleId: number): Promise<Article | null> => {
+export const getArticleById = async (articleId: number): Promise<Article | null> => {
     return db<Article>("articles")
         .where("id", articleId)
         .first()
         .then((rec) => !!rec ? fixDates<Article>(rec) : null)
 };
 
-export const getByUserId = async (userId: number): Promise<Article[]> =>
+export const getArticlesByUserId = async (userId: number): Promise<Article[]> =>
     db<Article>("articles")
         .where("users_id", userId)
         .orderBy("created_at", "desc")
         .then((articles) => articles.map((a) => fixDates<Article>(a)))
     ;
 
-export const insert = async (userId: number, slug: string, title: string): Promise<Article> => {
+export const insertArticle = async (userId: number, slug: string, title: string): Promise<Article> => {
     const data: Record<string, any> = {
         users_id: userId,
         slug,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const insert = async (userId: number, slug: string, title: string): Promi
         } as Article))
 };
 
-export const getAll = async (count: number, lastId = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) =>
+export const getAllArticles = async (count: number, lastId = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) =>
     db<Article>("articles")
         .where("id", "<", lastId)
         .orderBy("created_at", "desc")
diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 710995f..cf92e03 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import markdownit from 'markdown-it'
 import { slugRegex } from "./article.js";
 import { newUser, getUserByNickname, getFollowerInboxes, keyIdFromNickname } from "./user.js";
-import { insert as insertArticle } from "./article.js";
+import { insertArticle } from "./article.js";
 import { add as addToOutbox } from "./outbox.js";
 import { createArticleActivity, sendAll } from "./activity.js";
 import { fillRoute } from "./router.js";
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 2ad0a17..8230328 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import { toCollection as getOutbox } from "./outbox.js";
 import { getUserById, getUserNicknameById, getUserByNickname, User } from "./user.js";
 import { Routes } from "./router.js";
-import { getBySlug as getArticleBySlug, getById, getByUserId, getAll as getAllArticles } from "./article.js";
+import { getArticleBySlug, getArticleById, getArticlesByUserId, getAllArticles } from "./article.js";
 import { userToPerson, TYPE as ACTIVITYPUB_TYPE, handleInboxPost, createArticleObject, CONTEXT, createArticleActivity } from "./activity.js";
 import { handleFollowerGet } from "./follower.js";
 import { handleWebfingerGet } from "./net.js";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ app.post(Routes.inbox, handleInboxPost);
 app.get(Routes.followers, handleFollowerGet);
 
 app.get(Routes.object, async (req, res) => {
-  const article = await getById(parseInt(req.params.id));
+  const article = await getArticleById(parseInt(req.params.id));
 
   if (article) {
     console.log("Request headers for object route:", req.headers);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ app.get(Routes.activity, async (req, res) => {
     res.status(501).end();
   }
   else {
-    const article = await getById(id);
+    const article = await getArticleById(id);
 
     if (article) {
       console.log("Request headers for activity route:", req.headers);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ app.get(Routes.actor, async (req, res) => {
     }
     else if (req.accepts("html")) {
       console.log(`returning actor: ${nickname} as html`);
-      const posts = (await getByUserId(actor.id)).map((a) => `<li><a href="/${a.slug}.html">${escapeHtml(a.title)}</a></li>`).join("");
+      const posts = (await getArticlesByUserId(actor.id)).map((a) => `<li><a href="/${a.slug}.html">${escapeHtml(a.title)}</a></li>`).join("");
 
       const body = `<!DOCTYPE html>
       <html>
diff --git a/src/outbox.ts b/src/outbox.ts
index 66824a4..747aa87 100644
--- a/src/outbox.ts
+++ b/src/outbox.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import db from "./db.js";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { getUserByNickname } from "./user.js";
 import { fillRoute } from "./router.js";
-import { getByUserId as getArticlesByUserId, getById as getArticleById, Article } from "./article.js";
+import { getArticleById, Article } from "./article.js";
 import { createArticleActivity, deleteArticleActivity } from "./activity.js";
 import { orderedCollection } from "./collection.js";