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Kinesis is already a word and an Amazon product, might have better discoverability naming your project something unique and specific.

by pluc 12d ago

embedding-shape 12d ago
And a band, and a company, and a .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesis Do you think it's likely someone goes looking for the real-time data processing platform, lands on this GitHub and gets confused?
- pluc 12d ago
  Discoverability is the degree to which something, especially a piece of content or information, can be found in a search of a file, database, or other information system. Discoverability is a concern in library and information science, many aspects of digital media, software and web development, and in marketing, since products and services cannot be used if people cannot find it or do not understand what it can be used for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverability
  - embedding-shape 12d ago
    > Most search engines support the use of the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT to help end users refine the search query. Boolean operators are for literal searches that allow the user to refine and extend the terms of the search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine Not sure about you, but if I'm trying to find a tool, I don't search just "Houdini", but I'm also an adult who can put two terms together. I linked the above page in hopes that it might help you more efficiently use search engines in the future just like me.
    - dsr_ 12d ago
      Search engines are so 2010. You just announce "hey genie!" and ask for what you want.
- justinsaccount 12d ago
  > Do you think it's likely someone goes looking for the real-time data processing platform, lands on this GitHub and gets confused? No, but I do think it is likely that someone might find this while looking for the kinesis keyboard, a popular product which has been on the market for 34 years.
moralestapia 12d ago
Amazon was already a word. Facebook was already a word. Meta was already a word. You're right. They would have been much more successful if they had chosen "something unique and specific".
- utopiah 11d ago
  I don't think anybody would take a flight to Brazil to see an Amazon shop and vice versa. In this specific case though as others pointed out there are already a lot of products on that specific segment with that name.

Kinesis is already a word and an Amazon product, might have better discoverability naming your project something unique and specific.

by pluc 12d ago

Kinesis is already a word and an Amazon product, might have better discoverability naming your project something unique and specific.

embedding-shape 12d ago

And a band, and a company, and a .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesis Do you think it's likely someone goes looking for the real-time data processing platform, lands on this GitHub and gets confused?

pluc 12d ago
Discoverability is the degree to which something, especially a piece of content or information, can be found in a search of a file, database, or other information system. Discoverability is a concern in library and information science, many aspects of digital media, software and web development, and in marketing, since products and services cannot be used if people cannot find it or do not understand what it can be used for. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverability
- embedding-shape 12d ago
  > Most search engines support the use of the Boolean operators AND, OR and NOT to help end users refine the search query. Boolean operators are for literal searches that allow the user to refine and extend the terms of the search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine Not sure about you, but if I'm trying to find a tool, I don't search just "Houdini", but I'm also an adult who can put two terms together. I linked the above page in hopes that it might help you more efficiently use search engines in the future just like me.
  - dsr_ 12d ago
    Search engines are so 2010. You just announce "hey genie!" and ask for what you want.
justinsaccount 12d ago
> Do you think it's likely someone goes looking for the real-time data processing platform, lands on this GitHub and gets confused? No, but I do think it is likely that someone might find this while looking for the kinesis keyboard, a popular product which has been on the market for 34 years.

moralestapia 12d ago

Amazon was already a word. Facebook was already a word. Meta was already a word. You're right. They would have been much more successful if they had chosen "something unique and specific".

utopiah 11d ago
I don't think anybody would take a flight to Brazil to see an Amazon shop and vice versa. In this specific case though as others pointed out there are already a lot of products on that specific segment with that name.