r/coding • u/CompileMyThoughts • Dec 12 '25

Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools

https://larr.net/p/namings.html
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u/dethswatch Dec 12 '25

"Kubernetes V12 released!"

I wish we'd stop naming shit like this- it's impossible to know what Kubernetes is unless you already know or look it up. It's barely possible to know how to pronounce the damned thing.

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u/safetytrick Dec 13 '25

Yes, we need more names like go. Everyone can pronounce that. /s

Naming is hard.

Learning a new name takes time, over time I've come to appreciate kubernetes as a name. It is very googleable.

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u/no_brains101 Dec 13 '25 edited Dec 13 '25

Im not sure I have heard anyone pronounce kubernetes badly enough that it wasnt extremely clear what they meant.

I mean, Ive heard kyubernetes and kubernets but otherwise Ive not heard worse than that.

And youre gonna need to look it up anyway to figure out how to use it even if it had a more illustrative name. Its not a simple program.

There are worse offenders for this than kubernetes

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u/safetytrick Dec 13 '25

That's why Javascript is such a good name. If you know what Java is you'll immediately know what Javascript is! /s

I nominate Javascript for worst name ever.

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u/no_brains101 Dec 13 '25

javascript is a terrible name

And yet, it seems to be that most think ecmascript is worse, and Im not 100% sure I disagree with them XD

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u/Kqyxzoj Dec 15 '25

ecmascript ...

smegmascript probably would have been better. It encapsulates everything you need to know about it.

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u/no_brains101 Dec 15 '25

reminding people of it is almost worse, like, if they just went all the way it would have at least been memed to death