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Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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This reads like they've been acquired by Google and are integrating. Now Google just has to write the check and own music streaming.

Hmmm...interesting point but Google already has an awful lot of music infrastructure in the form of Google Music and YouTube does it not? Would it really make sense for them to purchase Spotify too?

I use Google's offering and it's probably pretty solid with YouTube Red, but I'm guessing at this point they're third behind Spotify and Apple?

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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post #12
post #9

Smells like a puff-piece

A puff piece would be if some tech reporter wrote about the wonders of GCP. This is the Spotify team, and they've clearly put their money where their mouth is by actually making the move.

Marketing blog spam is the new puff piece.

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A puff piece would be if some tech reporter wrote about the wonders of GCP. This is the Spotify team, and they've clearly put their money where their mouth is by actually making the move.

Marketing blog spam is the new puff piece.

Would you prefer testaments like these from Spotify engineers?

https://twitter.com/plamere/status/702168809445134336

https://twitter.com/plamere/status/702169733454495745

https://twitter.com/mpjme/status/702167231623516160

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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I tried Google Container Engine (GKE) and really liked it - it's the best cloud solution for deploying Docker to production in my opinion, mainly due to its use of Kubernetes. Unfortunately in my Web apps I make heavy use of Postgres-specific features, and since Cloud SQL only supports MySQL, Google Cloud is a total non-starter for me.

So for now I'm on AWS, using Postgres on RDS and deploying containers with ECS. ECS is a lot simpler than Kubernetes, but since my apps are pretty simple (a half dozen task definitions), it's not a big deal. I really hope Google adds Postgres to Cloud SQL at some point.

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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post #4

This reads like they've been acquired by Google and are integrating. Now Google just has to write the check and own music streaming.

Hmmm...interesting point but Google already has an awful lot of music infrastructure in the form of Google Music and YouTube does it not? Would it really make sense for them to purchase Spotify too?

Sure, one less competitor in the market.

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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I tried Google Container Engine (GKE) and really liked it - it's the best cloud solution for deploying Docker to production in my opinion, mainly due to its use of Kubernetes. Unfortunately in my Web apps I make heavy use of Postgres-specific features, and since Cloud SQL only supports MySQL, Google Cloud is a total non-starter for me. So for now I'm on AWS, using Postgres on RDS and deploying containers with ECS. EC…

Is there any reason you can't mix and match Google Container Engine and Amazon RDS?

Re: Spotify moves its back end to Google Cloud

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I tried Google Container Engine (GKE) and really liked it - it's the best cloud solution for deploying Docker to production in my opinion, mainly due to its use of Kubernetes. Unfortunately in my Web apps I make heavy use of Postgres-specific features, and since Cloud SQL only supports MySQL, Google Cloud is a total non-starter for me. So for now I'm on AWS, using Postgres on RDS and deploying containers with ECS. EC…

Is there any reason you can't mix and match Google Container Engine and Amazon RDS?

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