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Radical Simplicity in Technology

• deleted 5y ago
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• sockpuppet_12 5y ago
  Often the excuse used to do things properly the hard way even though you're just starting out, is to prepare for unexpected growth. But I like the sentiment with this, and it does seem advantageous to get used to reforging new systems every so often when you reach a certain threshold of demand, rather than spending all your money on building the perfect foundation of a building you might not be able to finish.
  • KingOfCoders 5y ago
    Yes, premature scaling is the death of many startups, https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/09/02/1-cause-of-startup-death-premature-scaling/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanfurr/2011/09/02/1-cause-o...
• ilaksh 5y ago
  Postgres is great but it also seems like a religion at this point. I agree on not using a bunch of software you don't need. But he is saying that it's not simple unless everything is in Postgres. Seems like a premature conclusion.
  • KingOfCoders 5y ago
    [Author here] I think you can use what you want, as long as it's not a dozen moving parts - meaning several databases. Postgres has the benefit of good caching, good pub/sub, good Json document support, basic but often good enough fulltext search and a good columnar store with TimescaleDB.