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You are 100% correct about waiting for several years before using a new database product. However, if you look at the path Cockroach is taking, they're doing a
by zellyn 9y ago
You are 100% correct about waiting for several years before using a new database product.
However, if you look at the path Cockroach is taking, they're doing all the right things to shave those years down. They already Jepsen themselves, and they've been doing rigorous testing forever now.
Very exciting.
- nkohari 9y agoSo did RethinkDB. :(
- zellyn 9y agoTouché
- forgot-my-pw 9y agoIt's still alive as an open source project, but probably less support now. https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb
- manigandham 9y agoAnd still available as a managed service on Compose: https://www.compose.com/databases/rethinkdb https://www.compose.com/databases/rethinkdb
- welder 9y agoRethinkDB still has a 2 year old critical memory leak that probably won't ever be fixed: https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/5865 https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/5865