I think the compromise is autogenerated-but-meaningful names. I wrote a Ruby script to generate memorable/meaningful names which is included as part of the auto

I think the compromise is autogenerated-but-meaningful names. I wrote a Ruby script to generate memorable/meaningful names which is included as part of the automated server launch process. (https://github.com/johnd/server-name https://github.com/johnd/server-name) You never want to have to manually pick a name, or even stop to think about it, but using pure IDs for anything with a life longer than a day can get annoying.