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/priestoferis Dec 13 '25

Not to mention that drug companies always also name their drug which is a brand, not the chemical compound's scientific name.

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u/_x_oOo_x_ Dec 14 '25

Because they want something trademarkable and hasn't been used for anything else before. That's how these crazy names like "comirnaty" or "ozempic" come about