When it comes to names, I prefer not to be too pedantic. Names are for people to communicate with other people, and most humans naturally and successfully cope with irrationality all the time. A more concise, accurate name is always better to start out with when possible, but it isn't always easy. We can all just agree to call it Wine, and appreciate it running crappy productivity software and 20 year old games on our modern Linux computers.
You can say "We'd need something that emulates the Windows ABI like Wine does" and you will get a misinformed person derailing the discussion.
You can explain your tinc mesh setup, but as soon as you call it "VPN" some people will believe its some sort of proxy to hide your IP address while watching porn.
You can explain how PHP interacts with the server environment, but as soon as you call it "Server API", some people will think its a machine-consumable REST/Json/Xml service or sth like that.
This generates many landmines you might step onto. Sometimes you need to argue total nonsense to work around these people. Painful. So yeah you are right, but it doesnt solve the Problem.
Well sure, but it seems like there are always going to be quirky, pedantic people to argue with about anything. It seems like the solution to that problem is learning how to strike a balance between patience and honest, critical feedback.
