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That said, mostly PG compatible data types, indexes and queries, horizontally scalable with pay for what you use, free and reserved tiers.
Damn, 30 days is quick. I found out about https://neon.tech but then quickly ran into a major bug, and then thankfully found out about bit.io, which is what I use for https://dittoed.app . Looks like I will have to go back to neon (they fixed the bug). If anyone has other ideas, I'm all ears. Project is hosted on Cloudflare and they have D1 now, but Dittoed uses a little bit of PostGIS.
"Serverless"...this word is so thrown around nowadays that it lost its original meaning. Same way the phrase "we're like a family" transitioned from a beloved one in 50's to its thrown away in 90's meaningless all the way to today be considered a red flag when you hear such a word at a hiring interview, the "serverless" word is in its late 90's nowadays. One decade and will become just another red flag.
What was the original meaning? When I hear "serverless" I think basically: 1. I don't have to think about or manage any servers 2. Usage is metered at a very fine-grained level (per X requests to the API/per GB of data/etc) 3. No fixed cost. You only pay for usage. Was there a different meaning originally?
Corresponding statement from bit.io here: https://blog.bit.io/whats-next-for-bit-io-joining-databricks...
Surprise!
I haven't heard of either of those companies. I don't even fully understand what Databricks does. But it's clear that they have no problem shutting down a production database offering with 30 days notice, and have the gall to title this action "Investing in the Developer Experience". If this doesn't send a message that you shouldn't trust them with anything important, I don't know what would.
Maybe there is no production db left from paying customers?
This is interesting... possibly a move by Databricks to try and build on their "data lakehouse" concept to counter the recent "Fabric platform" announcements at MS Build. Databricks coined the "Delta lake" concept and are still (just about) leading the way, but Fabric has the potential from MS to take away that marketshare. Databricks need to improve their "serverless SQL" offering, and add a serious "data warehouse"…
What benefits does one get from using bit.io or other equivalents compared to the AWS built in Aurora? is their offering different and I'm just confused by the jargon?
It takes < 10 seconds to go from no account to database w/ bit.io
That's a bummer, I really liked using bit.io for little experiments. That being said i never paid for it so i can't really complain.
Stinky.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't mean to take away from getting hired at databricks. But my understanding is they essentially got hired at Databricks? Maybe got a paycheck to do it? Meanwhile they shuttered and abandoned the product and all customers. Is it really the goal to make an mvp and plan to get noticed and acquired vs actually making a product, customers can migrate in a month or not we don't care? The product they made was literall…
Well, it is going to be incredible journey for customers now.