Yeah; I think naming the companies is actually fine — it does add something, in the sense that: if these weren't companies I'd heard of, why would I care at all

Yeah; I think naming the companies is actually fine — it does add something, in the sense that: if these weren't companies I'd heard of, why would I care at all about this story? But identifying individuals is... well, even though I don't actually think there is anything wrong with it, it's definitely not something you should expect to be consequence-free. Even if the consequences are mainly just potential employers in the future googling you with kagi.com and being somewhat put off by the sense that hmm this person seems inclined to share too much That's real, but if you don't care about that, then this kind of post is probably interesting and useful to those who aren't in a position to not care about that.