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CockroachDB is presumably what they’re referring to in: > For Postgres-compatible NewSQL, we would’ve had one of the largest single-cluster footprints for clou
by tybit 3y ago
CockroachDB is presumably what they’re referring to in:
> For Postgres-compatible NewSQL, we would’ve had one of the largest single-cluster footprints for cloud-managed distributed Postgres. We didn’t want to bear the burden of being the first customer to hit certain scaling issues
I find their claim a bit hard to believe.
- white_dragon88 3y agoIt is in inherent of a good engineer’s thinking to always consider the worst. Problem is sometimes, it can come across as a boast, or out of touch. It’s neither. It’s really the manifest anxiety of the whole thing shitting its pants and falling over.
- debacle 3y agoAt some point failures start getting measured in millions of dollars per minute. It's smart to be cautious.