Googler says "craic pipe" codename rejected as too edgy for Google
jnack · x · 2026-09-11
jnack, a Google employee, joked that while brainstorming product codenames with an Irish teammate, they decided "craic pipe" — riffing on the Irish slang "craic" — felt a bit too edgy for the company.
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