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Does "hydrate" add some nuance here that "fill" doesn't? If so, I'm missing it.
by scottlamb 7y ago
Does "hydrate" add some nuance here that "fill" doesn't? If so, I'm missing it.
- krackers 7y agoHydrate would imply that what you currently have sitting is "dehydrated" in some form.
- scottlamb 7y agoHmm, maybe, but that's a mixed if not bleak metaphor. A dehydrated lake is just a pile of dead fish in a hole.
- zoom6628 7y agoYep .... and that is very often what untransformed data is like ! Thanks for the metaphor - made my day reading that one and given me a whole new expression to throw about during product management discussions in my day job. :-D
- FridgeSeal 7y ago> and that is very often what untransformed data is like in my experience it's not just the untransformed ones that are like dead fish in a hole.
- jedberg 7y agoAn empty lake can be filled with lots of stuff, like trash. But if you hydrate it then you are specifically filling it with water. Also it just sounds cooler.
- scottlamb 7y agoI specifically meant nuance relating to the product as well as actual lakes. If there's none, the word choice (and maybe the whole metaphor) is a distraction. Also, as I mentioned in another comment, this phrase doesn't work for the metaphor. Dehydrating and rehydrating a lake isn't a good idea; it'd kill the ecosystem, and it'd be tremendously expensive. I'd rather stick to dehydrating and rehydrating something else, like fruit. Here, this looks similar to the fruit soup my in-laws make: https://www.cheaprecipeblog.com/2015/11/norwegian-sweet-soup-sot-suppe/ https://www.cheaprecipeblog.com/2015/11/norwegian-sweet-soup...
- texasbigdata 7y agoAlso potentially the ongoing recurring nature of it? And also not having things stale? I also smirked at the metaphor. The AWS marketing department must be high fiveing right now
- sparsely 7y agoThe sales guys will certainly be getting hydrated off AppFlow