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I think I would've tried Pop!_OS by now if not for the name - I know it is totally irrational, but having a ! in there really pisses me off.

Darmody 5y ago
My coworkers joke about me using a OS called Pop. I don't mind it, I even like it, but I have to admit that Pop it's a very ugly name.
- dnautics 5y ago
  the mere fact that you call it pop tells me you're not ready
CoastalCoder 5y ago
It's not just you. I have trouble going near CockroachDB because of its name. It's absolutely unjustifiable from an engineering perspective, but the effect (for me, at least) is real.
- rectang 5y ago
  My favorite example of reasonable name-inspired revulsion was an outfit called "Ink Competent Printers".
- nonameiguess 5y ago
  I always took that to be a reference to "it's so robust, it'll survive nuclear winter," which is pretty cool if true. The last database standing after all other species die off.
  - dTal 5y ago
    Fun fact: the supposed extreme hardiness of cockroaches is something of a myth, and in particular they are not fond of cold (hence their affinity for human domiciles!) They should rename to TardigradeDB.
    - jakear 5y ago
      Their nuclear hardiness however has been experimentally validated [1], though flour beetles survived even better than cockroaches. Either way, both using CockroachDB and participating in this thread put cockroaches on my mind a lot more than I'd really prefer. +1 for TardigradeDB. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCYQvGNoGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCYQvGNoGY
  - wtetzner 5y ago
    Maybe they should have named it "TwinkieDB".
- Okawari 5y ago
  I have a few of those projects as well. MongoDB because mongo is a derogartory word in my language. It is an abbreviation of Mongoloid, was (apparently) used to describe people with Down syndrome, thought I've never heard it used for that. It's more colloquially used to describe people who act wierd or something that are stupid or made in a wierd way. Svelte, the javascript framework is also something I've kind of avoided so far due to its name. While it doesn't really mean anything in my native tongue as far as I know, it is a very plausible word/spelling and it kinda just sounds unappealing. I can't help but reading it like that either.
- lmm 5y ago
  Developers are human too. I think it's entirely justified as an engineering decision - if they care so little about people who feel differently about their name, surely they'll have the same lack of consideration for people who want to e.g. use a slightly different API than what they expect.
unethical_ban 5y ago
It makes it easier to search for support.
choward 5y ago
Same here. I know naming things is hard but they went out of the way to make it extra terrible. Stick to letters and maybe numbers if you want the version in the name.
sedatk 5y ago
Not just that, the bang before the underscore makes it extra painful for me as a programmer. It screams "syntax error."
rpdillon 5y ago
Totally agree. I got over it and installed it and was stunned that it was as good as it was. Now it's installed on pretty much every machine I own. I recommend trying it!

Darmody 5y ago

My coworkers joke about me using a OS called Pop. I don't mind it, I even like it, but I have to admit that Pop it's a very ugly name.

dnautics 5y ago
the mere fact that you call it pop tells me you're not ready

CoastalCoder 5y ago

It's not just you. I have trouble going near CockroachDB because of its name. It's absolutely unjustifiable from an engineering perspective, but the effect (for me, at least) is real.

rectang 5y ago
My favorite example of reasonable name-inspired revulsion was an outfit called "Ink Competent Printers".
nonameiguess 5y ago
I always took that to be a reference to "it's so robust, it'll survive nuclear winter," which is pretty cool if true. The last database standing after all other species die off.
- dTal 5y ago
  Fun fact: the supposed extreme hardiness of cockroaches is something of a myth, and in particular they are not fond of cold (hence their affinity for human domiciles!) They should rename to TardigradeDB.
  - jakear 5y ago
    Their nuclear hardiness however has been experimentally validated [1], though flour beetles survived even better than cockroaches. Either way, both using CockroachDB and participating in this thread put cockroaches on my mind a lot more than I'd really prefer. +1 for TardigradeDB. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCYQvGNoGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxCYQvGNoGY
- wtetzner 5y ago
  Maybe they should have named it "TwinkieDB".
Okawari 5y ago
I have a few of those projects as well. MongoDB because mongo is a derogartory word in my language. It is an abbreviation of Mongoloid, was (apparently) used to describe people with Down syndrome, thought I've never heard it used for that. It's more colloquially used to describe people who act wierd or something that are stupid or made in a wierd way. Svelte, the javascript framework is also something I've kind of avoided so far due to its name. While it doesn't really mean anything in my native tongue as far as I know, it is a very plausible word/spelling and it kinda just sounds unappealing. I can't help but reading it like that either.
lmm 5y ago
Developers are human too. I think it's entirely justified as an engineering decision - if they care so little about people who feel differently about their name, surely they'll have the same lack of consideration for people who want to e.g. use a slightly different API than what they expect.

unethical_ban 5y ago

It makes it easier to search for support.

choward 5y ago

Same here. I know naming things is hard but they went out of the way to make it extra terrible. Stick to letters and maybe numbers if you want the version in the name.

sedatk 5y ago

Not just that, the bang before the underscore makes it extra painful for me as a programmer. It screams "syntax error."

rpdillon 5y ago

Totally agree. I got over it and installed it and was stunned that it was as good as it was. Now it's installed on pretty much every machine I own. I recommend trying it!