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That was from my phone which is why it was sparse...but... > The Datomic software consists of the peer library and the transactor > These components connect t

by nadams 11y ago

That was from my phone which is why it was sparse...but... > The Datomic software consists of the peer library and the transactor > These components connect to one of several storage service options I'm pretty well versed in computer science and buzzwords - but that means nothing to me. That was from the overview which I expected a dead simple "this is what it does and why you need it". There are several important questions that don't seem to be addressed: - I'm guessing it's a database proxy that's intelligent? - Is it better than HAProxy? - How is it different/better? And most importantly: - Do I need to modify my current code base to interact with this thing? In case you think I'm being overly dramatic - here are 2 examples: https://www.statuspage.io/ https://www.statuspage.io/ On the front page I know exactly what they offer. https://slack.com/is https://slack.com/is On the product page I can see exactly what slack is and offers.

onetom 11y ago
It's super off-topic to talk about this here. :/ I checked it on mobile too, but it looks the same as on desktop. It has a tagline similar to statuspage or slack: "The fully transactional, cloud-ready, distributed database." To gain some insights into our differences, here is my thought process: I agree that description is quite fuzzy, but to me it clarifies it's a database, not just a proxy. It suggests ACID properties by saying transactional and the cloud ready part hints scalability to me. Then you would think "Oh, not again, another DB", so it continues with the "Why Datomic?" heading. Afterwards the 1st link is "Read the Rationale", which explains everything everything about the software quite concisely. It's a database though, so don't expect to understand it a few seconds. Being said that, the video on the 1st page gives a very solid explanation in its first 40seconds... Thanks for the examples; now I understand what were you thinking. Those tag lines are really well done, but I think they had an easier job since they were describing a lot simpler services.

by nadams 11y ago

onetom 11y ago

It's super off-topic to talk about this here. :/ I checked it on mobile too, but it looks the same as on desktop. It has a tagline similar to statuspage or slack: "The fully transactional, cloud-ready, distributed database." To gain some insights into our differences, here is my thought process: I agree that description is quite fuzzy, but to me it clarifies it's a database, not just a proxy. It suggests ACID properties by saying transactional and the cloud ready part hints scalability to me. Then you would think "Oh, not again, another DB", so it continues with the "Why Datomic?" heading. Afterwards the 1st link is "Read the Rationale", which explains everything everything about the software quite concisely. It's a database though, so don't expect to understand it a few seconds. Being said that, the video on the 1st page gives a very solid explanation in its first 40seconds... Thanks for the examples; now I understand what were you thinking. Those tag lines are really well done, but I think they had an easier job since they were describing a lot simpler services.