Why does Microsoft always create so many ugly, confusing, and ridiculous product names? The worst of them all is ".Net" (which is really confusing).
Last Updated: 24.06.2025 12:41

Keep in mind, though, there are only two hard problems in software: Cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.
And when Anthropic released the successor to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, they called it…
Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
Has anyone ever really waited that long and gotten a paper check mailed 20 days ago?
But I mean, Microsoft was a pioneer in this field and is still the undisputed king of bad naming.
It’s not just Microsoft. Look at the way top AI companies these days name their foundation models.
They didn’t even bother to change the name. What the fuck, guys.
Is 1500 calories enough for a 5’3 15-year-old who is non-active?
When OpenAI released their successor to GPT-4, they called it GPT-4o. Their next model after that was called o1.
When Google released the next version of Gemini 1.5 Pro, they called it Gemini 1.5 Pro-002 (I wish I was joking, but I’m not).
*drumroll*
What are the new technological advancements we should adopt?