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I am working on RediSQL[1] and I am about to launch a managed version. The interface will be either HTTP or Redis protocol, you create your database, and daily

by siscia 7y ago

I am working on RediSQL[1] and I am about to launch a managed version. The interface will be either HTTP or Redis protocol, you create your database, and daily I will back it up on S3. (If interested you can subscribe for updated here: https://simplesql.carrd.co/ https://simplesql.carrd.co/ [1]: https://redisql.com/ https://redisql.com/

pm90 7y ago
Redisql looks pretty sweet! To be frank, and this is only my personal opinion, I don't think I would want to pay for an api, but rather run my own. The business model of providing everything OSS but sending telemetry seems rather intriguing; as a hobbyist user I am ok with such telemetry being collected. If I were to run it in production for a business app though, I wouldn't even bother considering the unpaid version for the following reasons: 1. I do not want my production instance to shut down for WHATEVER reason. This is just not an acceptable risk for most businesses. The only time a DB can go down is something goes wrong. 2. As an engineer, I understand that 3 counters that are not accurate aren't a big deal. I can even look into the source and see that they really do as you say. Justifying this to a security org will be a complete nightmare, as most security orgs in enterprises are staffed with barely technical folks masquerading as "security". So, it seems like a pretty good way to coerce enterprises to pay up while letting hobbyists continue using it. Very smart, I wish you the very best!
- siscia 7y ago
  Thanks! That was exactly my reasoning. Make it available and simple for hobbyist and small companies, ask money to who can afford it to sustain the development.
pupdogg 7y ago
this looks very interesting...can you please post some benchmarks in your docs for reference?
- siscia 7y ago
  Benchmarks are always tricky, but sometimes useful, so yes I should post some of them. Right now I am busy with releasing the v2, but after that I should definitely do some more marketing. Anyhow, to give you an order of magnitude, on memory data storage we reach ~80k inserts for second. On a machine with 1vCPU and 3GB of RAM, a 15$/month box from DO.

by siscia 7y ago

pm90 7y ago

Redisql looks pretty sweet! To be frank, and this is only my personal opinion, I don't think I would want to pay for an api, but rather run my own. The business model of providing everything OSS but sending telemetry seems rather intriguing; as a hobbyist user I am ok with such telemetry being collected. If I were to run it in production for a business app though, I wouldn't even bother considering the unpaid version for the following reasons: 1. I do not want my production instance to shut down for WHATEVER reason. This is just not an acceptable risk for most businesses. The only time a DB can go down is something goes wrong. 2. As an engineer, I understand that 3 counters that are not accurate aren't a big deal. I can even look into the source and see that they really do as you say. Justifying this to a security org will be a complete nightmare, as most security orgs in enterprises are staffed with barely technical folks masquerading as "security". So, it seems like a pretty good way to coerce enterprises to pay up while letting hobbyists continue using it. Very smart, I wish you the very best!

siscia 7y ago
Thanks! That was exactly my reasoning. Make it available and simple for hobbyist and small companies, ask money to who can afford it to sustain the development.

pupdogg 7y ago

this looks very interesting...can you please post some benchmarks in your docs for reference?

siscia 7y ago
Benchmarks are always tricky, but sometimes useful, so yes I should post some of them. Right now I am busy with releasing the v2, but after that I should definitely do some more marketing. Anyhow, to give you an order of magnitude, on memory data storage we reach ~80k inserts for second. On a machine with 1vCPU and 3GB of RAM, a 15$/month box from DO.