Docker Is Weird

Re:Docker Is Weird by wandering-nomad on Friday October 23, 2026 @02:48AM (#50205281)

I am a huge Docker fan! I would reiterate what several commenters have said already that it had a huge impact on my career. My question is relatively pedestrian compared to what others have asked already. I absolutely loved the "adjective-scientist/nerd" container names Docker generates. In fact, that is one of my most favorite things about Docker. How did that come about and who chose those combinations?

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Re:Docker Is Weird by shykes on Friday October 23, 2026 @03:32AM (#50205594)

I'm glad you enjoyed that! We wanted a way to make container names reasonably unique and reasonably memorable by a human, so this was a fun way to do it. I picked the original combinations, then over time it became a ritual for contributors to propose fun new values.

There's a fun little easter egg: the combination of "Steve Wozniak" and "Boring" is explicitly forbidden, because Steve Wozniak is not boring :) https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/4902

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