Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
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Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
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Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#2Databricks is trying hard to get into serverless, but it seems like they refuse to allow it to actually be cheaper, which defeats the purpose of serverless.
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#3Databricks is trying hard to get into serverless, but it seems like they refuse to allow it to actually be cheaper, which defeats the purpose of serverless.
I don't think being cheaper is the main value sell of serverless. When I hear "serverless" I think "ease of deployment and automatic scaling".
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#4They offer serverless Postgres. Here's a link if anyone else needs it https://neon.tech/
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#5Databricks is trying hard to get into serverless, but it seems like they refuse to allow it to actually be cheaper, which defeats the purpose of serverless.
I don't think being cheaper is the main value sell of serverless. When I hear "serverless" I think "ease of deployment and automatic scaling".
Right but ultimately that's a cost thing, right? Because you can solve those problems through other means and by hiring internally.
Serverless is meant to obviate some of that. But it is less compelling when the vendor tries to gobble up that margin for themselves.
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#6I've been seriously considering neon for a new application. This definitely gives me pause... maybe plain ol' Postgres is going to be the winner for me again.
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#7Wow, $1B.
I've been bullish on neon for a while -- the idea hits exactly the right spot, IMO, and their execution looks good in my limited experience.
But I mean that from a technical perspective. I never have any real idea about the business -- do they have an edge that makes people want to start paying them money and keep paying them money? Heck if I know.
I guess that's going to be Databricks problem now (maybe).
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#8I've been seriously considering neon for a new application. This definitely gives me pause... maybe plain ol' Postgres is going to be the winner for me again.
Why would this give you pause? You just don't want the data to be where Databricks is?
Either way, there are plenty of other serverless Postgres options out there, Supabase being one of the most popular.
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#9I've been seriously considering neon for a new application. This definitely gives me pause... maybe plain ol' Postgres is going to be the winner for me again.
Why would this give you pause? You just don't want the data to be where Databricks is? Either way, there are plenty of other serverless Postgres options out there, Supabase being one of the most popular.
Can’t speak for anyone but myself and my experience anecdotally, having used Databricks: I consider them to be the Oracle of the modern era. Under no circumstances would I let them get their hooks into any company I have the power from preventing it.
Re: Databricks in talks to acquire startup Neon for about $1B
#10I've been seriously considering neon for a new application. This definitely gives me pause... maybe plain ol' Postgres is going to be the winner for me again.
Try Supabase!