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This is a devops tool named Terraform, nothing to do with terraforming.

by pdenya 12y ago

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- thebyrd 12y ago
  no
adamnemecek 12y ago
What? Facebook is not an actual book?
- bdcravens 12y ago
  You have no clue how shocked I was to find that Paul Graham's YCombinator wasn't a math formula.
  - uptown 12y ago
    I funded the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter. I was shocked and dismayed to learn that no portion of the funding would be used to teach rainbows how to read.
na85 12y ago
It's the new thing. Pick a noun or verb that's only marginally-related (or sometimes not even remotely related) to your product and take ownership of it. Like Aerospike, or Uber.
- jlmorton 12y ago
  To be fair, Uber was originally UberCab, but dropped "Cab" from the name after the MTA in San Francisco charged Uber with running an unlicensed taxi service.
- jkaunisv1 12y ago
  At least Uber connotes that it's better than the competition. I was shocked to find out the other day about a CSS framework called Inuit. The mascot is a little inuit guy in a parka. Terraform seems much better in comparison.
  - dictum 12y ago
    You were shocked, shocked that someone would want to add a little bit of whimsy to an otherwise mundane thing as a CSS framework?
    - jkaunisv1 12y ago
      No, I was shocked they would appropriate a minority culture's name and caricature for their unrelated tech thingy.
- icebraining 12y ago
  Is it any worse than taking control of a surname? Every MacDonald is now indelibly linked to awful burgers. At least rocket engines don't feel shame.
  - na85 12y ago
    Yes, actually. McDonald's was at least started by two guys with the surname McDonald. It is/was their company so they named it after themselves. That's no different than "Frank's Burger Stand", which is again completely different than writing a clone of GCC in javascript and then calling it Patriot or something.
- oftenwrong 12y ago
  Then take the noun and use it on its own as a headline so HN readers don't know what your product is until they follow the link.
  - donaldguy 12y ago
    For a lot of us (but obviously not everyone), the "(hashicorp.com)" was enough to understand what it was / who would care or not. (this isn't to say it shouldn't have had a better title - but just to explain why a lot of people weren't bothered by it)
- huxley 12y ago
  Whatever happened to suitably named companies like Apple or Commodore that clearly described what they were selling?

This is a devops tool named Terraform, nothing to do with terraforming.

by pdenya 12y ago

This is a devops tool named Terraform, nothing to do with terraforming.

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thebyrd 12y ago
no

adamnemecek 12y ago

What? Facebook is not an actual book?

bdcravens 12y ago
You have no clue how shocked I was to find that Paul Graham's YCombinator wasn't a math formula.
- uptown 12y ago
  I funded the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter. I was shocked and dismayed to learn that no portion of the funding would be used to teach rainbows how to read.

na85 12y ago

It's the new thing. Pick a noun or verb that's only marginally-related (or sometimes not even remotely related) to your product and take ownership of it. Like Aerospike, or Uber.

jlmorton 12y ago
To be fair, Uber was originally UberCab, but dropped "Cab" from the name after the MTA in San Francisco charged Uber with running an unlicensed taxi service.
jkaunisv1 12y ago
At least Uber connotes that it's better than the competition. I was shocked to find out the other day about a CSS framework called Inuit. The mascot is a little inuit guy in a parka. Terraform seems much better in comparison.
- dictum 12y ago
  You were shocked, shocked that someone would want to add a little bit of whimsy to an otherwise mundane thing as a CSS framework?
  - jkaunisv1 12y ago
    No, I was shocked they would appropriate a minority culture's name and caricature for their unrelated tech thingy.
icebraining 12y ago
Is it any worse than taking control of a surname? Every MacDonald is now indelibly linked to awful burgers. At least rocket engines don't feel shame.
- na85 12y ago
  Yes, actually. McDonald's was at least started by two guys with the surname McDonald. It is/was their company so they named it after themselves. That's no different than "Frank's Burger Stand", which is again completely different than writing a clone of GCC in javascript and then calling it Patriot or something.
oftenwrong 12y ago
Then take the noun and use it on its own as a headline so HN readers don't know what your product is until they follow the link.
- donaldguy 12y ago
  For a lot of us (but obviously not everyone), the "(hashicorp.com)" was enough to understand what it was / who would care or not. (this isn't to say it shouldn't have had a better title - but just to explain why a lot of people weren't bothered by it)
huxley 12y ago
Whatever happened to suitably named companies like Apple or Commodore that clearly described what they were selling?