Learn to say popular serverless database platform names correctly.
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How is PlanetScale (serverless MySQL-compatible database platform) correctly pronounced?
PlanetScale is pronounced 'PLAN-it-skayl' — 'planet' plus 'scale', both plain English words. Stress on PLAN. In a technical interview: "PlanetScale let us branch the database schema exactly the way we'd branch a Git repo."
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How is Neon (serverless Postgres database platform) correctly pronounced?
Neon (the Postgres platform) is pronounced 'NEE-on' — exactly like the everyday word for the glowing gas used in signs, stress on NEE. In a technical interview: "Neon spun up a fresh database branch for every pull request automatically."
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How is Supabase (open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres) correctly pronounced?
Supabase is pronounced 'SOO-puh-bays' — 'super' shortened to 'supa' plus 'base' (long A). Stress on SOO. In a technical interview: "Supabase gave us a Postgres database, authentication, and file storage all from one dashboard."
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How is Turso (edge-hosted SQLite database platform) correctly pronounced?
Turso is pronounced 'TOOR-soh' — from the Italian word for 'torso', stress on TOOR. In a technical interview: "Turso replicated the SQLite database to edge locations close to every one of our users."
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How is Xata (serverless database platform with built-in search) correctly pronounced?
Xata is pronounced 'ZAY-tuh' — the leading X is soft, sounding like a Z, stress on ZAY. In a technical interview: "Xata gave the product team full-text search on the customer table without standing up a separate search engine."