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That response to "ok we're going to make the database stable now" is quite reasonable for something which has had the publicity that CockroachDB has had. (Even
by ploxiln 10y ago
That response to "ok we're going to make the database stable now" is quite reasonable for something which has had the publicity that CockroachDB has had. (Even the name suggests stability/availability above all else!)
The alternative is for CockroachDB devs to clearly state "this does not work yet, no one should be trying to use it" before all notable communications.
This is actually a necessary immune response to a "open source ecosystem" that is becoming overwhelming to navigate - people need to know what to not bother paying any attention to yet.
- nathancahill 10y agoIt's only overwhelming if you jump from technology to technology for real products. I have a list of up and coming technologies that I will play around with and build toy projects on over a year. If it lives up to it's claims, I might consider using it for real products. Software is fast paced. You just can't ignore all unstable/beta technologies, you'll be far behind the game when they hit 1.0.
- ploxiln 10y agoHah - these days 1.0 is still alpha. Docker was still unstable at v1.6 (but I was able to deploy it at v1.8.2 if I carefully avoided many of its features). MySQL is actually pretty good at 5.5 / 5.6 but earlier versions were a bit of trouble ...