Vinyl Cache and Varnish Cache

The big plot twist: the long-running Varnish Cache open-source project has officially rebranded itself as Vinyl Cache, moved its home to vinyl-cache.org, and shifted its code away from GitHub to its own self-run site. Meanwhile, Varnish Software has launched its own separate project still using the old Varnish Cache name, which means users now have two similarly named projects to tell apart. Yes, it’s exactly the kind of naming chaos that makes package maintainers and confused onlookers reach for aspirin.

But the real show is in the comments, where readers immediately turned this tidy clarification into a mini soap opera. One of the hottest reactions was suspicion over the article’s comparison to MySQL and MariaDB, with one commenter basically saying, hold on, that split is way messier than fans admit. Another reader zeroed in on an older claim that there were “no hard feelings” between the company and the community project, then raised an eyebrow and asked whether that still feels true now. In other words: people are absolutely smelling tension, even if the official post stays polite.

And then came the jokes. The new name sparked instant comedy, with one person wishing they’d gone with “Veneer Cache” instead, while another delivered the obvious banger: “So it’s not a cache for my record collection ;(” A different commenter said Vinyl Cache simply “sounds more musical,” which is probably the least dramatic take in the room. So yes, this is a serious split with real consequences—but the crowd has decided it’s also a naming roast, a brand identity debate, and a breakup rumor all rolled into one.