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Good write up. Classic Christensen.

by raywu 5y ago

jgrahamc 5y ago
When I joined Cloudflare in 2011 Matthew recommended the book. I bought "The Innovator's Dilemma", read it, and said to myself "OK, we'll do that then".
- bithavoc 5y ago
  Any other book you think has been critical to Cloudflare's successful mindset?
  - jgrahamc 5y ago
    Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
  - eastdakota 5y ago
    I used to give all new managers at Cloudflare Daniel Pink’s book “Drive.” Summary of a bunch of interesting research on what really motivates people.
    - jgrahamc 5y ago
      That’s a good one. Also we gave everyone a copy of “Give and Take” by Grant at one point. And I buy anyone a copy of “On Writing Well” by Zinsser.
    - tomklein 5y ago
      Actually, I bought it right after you told me about it! It’s super interesting and I learned a lot from it
- alberth 5y ago
  Hi John Since you're here, would love for Cloudflare to disrupt the DBaaS marketplace. I already run my entire business on Cloudflare (for services you have) but there is a significant portion of my infrastructure (>50%) I haven't moved over that is dependent upon needing a DBaaS offering. With a DBaaS offering, I could run near 100% of my infrastructure on Cloudflare. (Workers KV is great btw, but there are so many times where just a traditional RDMS is needed that a key-value store doesn't fill).
  - jgrahamc 5y ago
    Email me your desired functionality. jgc@cloudflare.
    - alberth 5y ago
      Will do (and thanks so much as you and the entire Cloudflare team does in listening to customer feedback).
      - jgrahamc 5y ago
        Thanks for being a customer and don’t hesitate to tell us what we’re not getting right.
  - axhl 5y ago
    Just commenting to signal public enthusiasm for this suggestion.
eastdakota 5y ago
http://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1442871038308618252 http://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1442871038308618252
- adventured 5y ago
  That's an amazing compliment from Christensen. Give AWS hell Cloudflare, looking forward to using R2.
- raywu 5y ago
  One of the best reads from Christensen, too. I refer to it often

Good write up. Classic Christensen.

by raywu 5y ago

Good write up. Classic Christensen.

When I joined Cloudflare in 2011 Matthew recommended the book. I bought "The Innovator's Dilemma", read it, and said to myself "OK, we'll do that then".

bithavoc 5y ago
Any other book you think has been critical to Cloudflare's successful mindset?
- jgrahamc 5y ago
  Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
- eastdakota 5y ago
  I used to give all new managers at Cloudflare Daniel Pink’s book “Drive.” Summary of a bunch of interesting research on what really motivates people.
  - jgrahamc 5y ago
    That’s a good one. Also we gave everyone a copy of “Give and Take” by Grant at one point. And I buy anyone a copy of “On Writing Well” by Zinsser.
  - tomklein 5y ago
    Actually, I bought it right after you told me about it! It’s super interesting and I learned a lot from it
alberth 5y ago
Hi John Since you're here, would love for Cloudflare to disrupt the DBaaS marketplace. I already run my entire business on Cloudflare (for services you have) but there is a significant portion of my infrastructure (>50%) I haven't moved over that is dependent upon needing a DBaaS offering. With a DBaaS offering, I could run near 100% of my infrastructure on Cloudflare. (Workers KV is great btw, but there are so many times where just a traditional RDMS is needed that a key-value store doesn't fill).
- jgrahamc 5y ago
  Email me your desired functionality. jgc@cloudflare.
  - alberth 5y ago
    Will do (and thanks so much as you and the entire Cloudflare team does in listening to customer feedback).
    - jgrahamc 5y ago
      Thanks for being a customer and don’t hesitate to tell us what we’re not getting right.
- axhl 5y ago
  Just commenting to signal public enthusiasm for this suggestion.

eastdakota 5y ago

http://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1442871038308618252 http://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/1442871038308618252

adventured 5y ago
That's an amazing compliment from Christensen. Give AWS hell Cloudflare, looking forward to using R2.
raywu 5y ago
One of the best reads from Christensen, too. I refer to it often