[optimusclimb]

> That feels like a pretty strong leap to make from your complaint about using the term "reload" when "load" is better.

I never made that leap - you're saying that. I'm saying that GCP docs are all severely lacking in "how to" guides.

API references are not so helpful without an explanation of how you're intended to use them. So, the problem isn't that the function name is "reload()" instead of "load()" - it's that nowhere does it tell you the pattern is to instantiate the object you're interested in (in this case, a Blob), and then you must make a call to retrieve the data from the server before the data you're interested in will show up.

Additionally, my commentary was made after now using many different GCP services - this was just something recently in mind.