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Re:CockroachDB Skitters into Beta by shash7 on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @11:35PM (#11394813)
Nice seeing a new SQL database but who comes with with names like this?
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Re:CockroachDB Skitters into Beta by RohithMeethal on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @11:40PM (#11394824)
Ahm it is a good choice, since the name implies its survivability. They say "cockroaches can survive a nuclear explosion".
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Re:CockroachDB Skitters into Beta by coltonv on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @11:43PM (#11394840)
Why not just RoachDB? Same meaning but rolls off the tongue a lot easier.
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Re:CockroachDB Skitters into Beta by veidr on Thursday March 31, 2016 @07:13AM (#11396288)
Plus it has the happy alternative connotation of something you might actually be happy to find when tidying up the kitchen the morning after a party...
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