[–] PestoDrizzle 3y ago ↗ I used to run the twitter handle for CockroachDB and got daily scathing mentions about our name. This blog explains a bit about the logic and origin of the audacious name: CockroachDB.
[–] simonblack 3y ago ↗ Never make your products with an unpronouncable name.Never name your products with a name that brings nasty or disgusting things to mind.Sure, a cockroach may be the only thing surviving a nuclear holocaust but most people don't want cockroaches anywhere near them."A cat has nine lives" is a similar concept, but hasn't got the negative connotations of both 'cockroach' and 'the end of the world'. Brainstorm that.
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 11.2 ms ] threadNever name your products with a name that brings nasty or disgusting things to mind.
Sure, a cockroach may be the only thing surviving a nuclear holocaust but most people don't want cockroaches anywhere near them.
"A cat has nine lives" is a similar concept, but hasn't got the negative connotations of both 'cockroach' and 'the end of the world'. Brainstorm that.