[borplk]

Spent a ton of time and still decided to stick to names that differ by a single "r vs l" letter.

Wow. Don't mean to be rude but go for a walk outside and speak to 3 people outside the bubble.

[deesix]

Disclosure: I work on GCP

Thanks for the feedback. We spoke to number of existing GCP customers for feedback, but it's fair to say we can always talk to more non-customers.

[stingraycharles]

To be fair, I think “Filestore” in itself is a pretty descriptive name, and the real problem is the name “Firestore”. I can imagine the internal discussion when a bit like that as well, and here we have the result.

[dymk]

You don't see the irony in that statement, as you toss in your low-effort criticism just to stoke the HN feeding frenzy?

[borplk]

> low-effort criticism

It's a clear blunt suggestion to get out of their bubble.

No one outside Google would hear that explanation and say "Yeah totally makes sense one of them is an enterprise file share and the other a document database service focused on mobile and web, crystal clear and very little confusion.".

What more do you want out of my comment for it to not be low effort? Write a 3 page essay about it carefully making a case based on peer reviewed scientific evidence?

[dymk]

You misunderstand, the comment provided no value at all; it’s not that I wanted peer review studies.