Great stuff! Curious why you chose Clickhouse instead of other OLAPs like Druid or Pinot.
Launch HN: Dittofeed (YC S22) – open-source customer engagement platform
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#22Self-Host with Docker Compose. No thanks. I hope open source projects move away from Docker and move towards a single executable binary like PocketBase.
Do you want a single binary with Postgres/Clickhouse/Kafka built it? Because that's what their Docker Compose is setting up.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious why?
Some people are annoyed with the way Docker (the company) has tried to monetize the technology by revoking free repos from open-source teams. If I recall, Docker doubled back on that. Realistically, Docker is a fine choice for this.
Not just that. I don't want to run 3 layers of operating systems to then run the program.
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#24Self-Host with Docker Compose. No thanks. I hope open source projects move away from Docker and move towards a single executable binary like PocketBase.
Do you want a single binary with Postgres/Clickhouse/Kafka built it? Because that's what their Docker Compose is setting up.
+1. Wanted to jump in to say that the kafka dependency is strictly optional. It's used to batch writes to clickhouse, but for less intensive workloads Dittofeed can use clickhouse's asynchronous inserts for in-memory batching.
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#25Amazing! Our team at Airbnb built something similar for internal users: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/journey-platform-a-low...
Very cool how we both use Temporal for workflow orchestration. Love the git idea, Wish you the best!
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#26Great stuff! Curious why you chose Clickhouse instead of other OLAPs like Druid or Pinot.
One of our motivations for selecting Clickhouse, is that it's relatively simple to run as a single node. This makes things easier for people who are looking to self-host a small to midsized installation of Dittofeed. It's also IMO a better developer experience for Dittofeed contributors who are running Clickhouse locally.
As far as functionality I'm a fan of Clickhouse's swappable table engines.
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#27Amazing! Our team at Airbnb built something similar for internal users: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/journey-platform-a-low... Very cool how we both use Temporal for workflow orchestration. Love the git idea, Wish you the best!
Thanks for the kind words :) Temporal is a great technology for this use case.
Wow, our DSL even looks similar!
Your app has beautiful design, which I guess shouldn't come as a surprise given that it's Airbnb.
Would love to chat to discuss further.
max@dittofeed.com
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#28Amazing! Our team at Airbnb built something similar for internal users: https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/journey-platform-a-low... Very cool how we both use Temporal for workflow orchestration. Love the git idea, Wish you the best!
Thanks for the kind words :) Temporal is a great technology for this use case. Wow, our DSL even looks similar! Your app has beautiful design, which I guess shouldn't come as a surprise given that it's Airbnb. Would love to chat to discuss further. max@dittofeed.com
Hey Max (and jack), I'm actually curious on your feedback of using temporal for this use-case. I'm building an alternative to temporal (and a low-code builder to run arbitrary code on top) at windmill.dev and keen to learn on your experience. I will send you a DM.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the kind words :) Temporal is a great technology for this use case. Wow, our DSL even looks similar! Your app has beautiful design, which I guess shouldn't come as a surprise given that it's Airbnb. Would love to chat to discuss further. max@dittofeed.com
Hey Max (and jack), I'm actually curious on your feedback of using temporal for this use-case. I'm building an alternative to temporal (and a low-code builder to run arbitrary code on top) at windmill.dev and keen to learn on your experience. I will send you a DM.
Great!
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#30Would love some docs on migrating from Customer.io. Looks really cool. Congrats on the launch!