Learn to say popular gRPC and Protocol Buffers tooling names correctly.
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How is grpcurl (command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers, similar to curl for REST) correctly pronounced?
grpcurl is pronounced 'JEE-AR-PEE-SEE-kurl' — 'G-R-P-C' spoken as letters plus 'curl'. In a technical interview: "grpcurl let us call the service and inspect the response without writing a single client stub."
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How is ts-proto (TypeScript code generator plugin for Protocol Buffers and gRPC) correctly pronounced?
ts-proto is pronounced 'TEE-ES-PROH-toh' — 'T-S' (for TypeScript) plus 'proto', short for protocol buffers. In a technical interview: "ts-proto generated fully typed interfaces straight from our existing .proto files."
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How is protoc-gen-go (official Go plugin for the Protocol Buffers compiler) correctly pronounced?
protoc-gen-go is pronounced 'PROH-tahk-jen-GOH' — 'protoc' (the protobuf compiler) plus 'gen' plus 'Go'. In a technical interview: "protoc-gen-go regenerated every message struct the moment we changed the schema."
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How is BloomRPC (graphical desktop client for testing and exploring gRPC services) correctly pronounced?
BloomRPC is pronounced 'BLOOM-AR-PEE-SEE' — 'bloom' exactly like the everyday word for a flower opening, plus 'R-P-C' spoken as letters. In a technical interview: "BloomRPC let us call the staging service and inspect every field without writing a client."
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How is grpc-gateway (plugin that generates a reverse-proxy exposing gRPC services as a REST API) correctly pronounced?
grpc-gateway is pronounced 'JEE-AR-PEE-SEE GAYT-way' — 'G-R-P-C' spoken as letters plus 'gateway'. In a technical interview: "grpc-gateway let our mobile clients call the same service over plain JSON instead of protobuf."