One thing I don't like about California based companies is how cringe the names always are.

"Jalapeño" is such a bad name, having an "ñ" already makes it difficult and annoying to deal with in so many little ways. Good luck with that.

But also, theres the sort of "yes lets use Mexican related things because we're California" thought that I just really hate. I don't know, its like corporate Memphis to me. You see a product like this, you know it's an uppity califonia based firm that came up with it.

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thewebguyd 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No worse, I suppose, than, the obsession with Lord of the Rings that the authoritarian surveillance companies have. Palantir, Anduril. Then we have the not defense/surveillance ones: Mithril, Valar, Narya, Erebor

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skeledrew 11 hours ago | parent [-]

What kinds of names would you suggest?

	▲	thewebguyd 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		None, probably. Just saying Jalapeño is no worse than any other non-descriptive company name. Although at least Palantir and Anduril are aptly named for what they do. The VC firms less so.

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utopiah 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Strawberry was too complicated as a codename.

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CrzyLngPwd 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Too many Rs.

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smallmancontrov 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Too many? But there are only two Rs in strawberry, how can that be too many?

	▲	CrzyLngPwd 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You are correct. I don't know why I thought there were 5 Rs in strawberry, and now I look properly I can count them correctly, there are indeed 6 Rs in strawberry. I am sorry for initially giving an incorrect answer.

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anthk 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Don't worry, in Europe it's the same, but for insurances/lawyer stuff. Tons of companies have names based on Latin words such as Civitas/Insalus/Legalia/Legalitas or whatever which looks tacky/rancid/old fashioned kilometers away.

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qsxfthnkp2322 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Jalapeño

Really has a… ring to it