Also mentioned in the GitHub repository: > Why is it called "Janet"? Janet is named after the almost omniscient and friendly artificial being in The Good Place

Also mentioned in the GitHub repository: > Why is it called "Janet"? Janet is named after the almost omniscient and friendly artificial being in The Good Place https://github.com/janet-lang/janet#why-is-it-called-janet https://github.com/janet-lang/janet#why-is-it-called-janet