RethinkDB, SageMath, Andreessen-Horowitz, Basecamp and Open Source Software

Post by ericd » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 9:38 PM UTC

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RethinkDB's niche is allowing a service to listen for changes to a dataset. As in, your Node application could listen for published events by Rethink, rather than your Node application long-polling the dataset for changes. "Real Time" data analytics can then be performed.

Its other niche is easy to deploy replication and sharding that actually works , actually scales , and does not lose data.

Post by bdcravens » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 9:48 PM UTC

tiglionabbit wrote: post #7

timclemans206 wrote: post #2

The open source project that has really stood out to me in terms of funding is vuejs.org who's funding is almost entirely public at https://www.patreon.com/evanyou In the case of RethinkDB I wish they had started Horizon much sooner. Having plugins like for Stripe will make Horizon usable in the real world. I certainly like the goal set for Horizon that it be easy to extend a Horizon app by embedding it in a Node app…

What differentiates Vue from all the other client rendering libraries out there? (Angular, Polymer, React, Ember, Knockout, etc). At first glance it looks kinda like Knockout.

Post by bdcravens » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

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What differentiates Vue from all the other client rendering libraries out there? (Angular, Polymer, React, Ember, Knockout, etc). At first glance it looks kinda like Knockout.

It seems like a full framework, easy to start with, yet doesn't feel bloated or confusing (personal opinon). Here's an obviously biased (obvious biased since it's from the creator of vue himself), yet pretty good comparison: https://vuejs.org/guide/comparison.html

Post by bdcravens » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 9:51 PM UTC

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I also very much wonder what CoreOS's business model is.

Same goes for docker. Many monetization options for docker (like the registry) have been duplicated by Google and AWS in their cloud centers. The good news is docker is in bed with Microsoft now which has very deep pockets.

Post by bdcravens » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

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rdtsc wrote: post #16

It seems new users and people who saw the ease of querying, distribution, good docs, solid architecture jumped on board. Lots of HN articles were written. The technology is really solid. Come to think of it, don't recall seeing a single negative RocksDB article on HN, ever. However databases are hard and they are a bit like operating systems. They are so important that people expect them to have a long track record o…

Interesting that you make the comparison to operating systems, since Linux is open and completely free and doesn't have a big company behind it. (Granted, I think the big difference is that Linux doesn't have as many competitors as exist for DBs today.)