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It's sort of like clickbait, but whatever works I guess. A name like CockroachDB catches my eye the same way Yandex's Cocaine PaaS makes me click to find out w
by kyle-rb 9y ago
It's sort of like clickbait, but whatever works I guess.
A name like CockroachDB catches my eye the same way Yandex's Cocaine PaaS makes me click to find out what the hell that product actually is.
- MarkMc 9y agoThe point is that is doesn't work. Yes, the name makes the product stand out but that benefit doesn't compensate for having your product associated with filth and disease. There's a reason Toyota has never named a car 'The Cockroach' and a soft drink company has never released 'Cockroach Cola'.
- Karunamon 9y agoThat reason being that many negative associations with cockroaches are good in the context of databases. Less so with food and cars.