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Wow - I did NOT see this coming. Crazy - and GREAT! Cloud Spanner in my mind was always "cool" - but I never saw myself understanding how to use it. I think

Wow - I did NOT see this coming. Crazy - and GREAT! Cloud Spanner in my mind was always "cool" - but I never saw myself understanding how to use it. I think for folks bridging from something like postgresql, this could also make spanner more accessible. My own use cases can all be handled so simply with postgresql I don't see needing the spanner scale, but for others perhaps valuable.

slownews45 5y ago
Quick follow-up. They are now offering Spanner at < $700/month (which was old pricing I think for 1 node). Ie, you can do something like processing units in increments of 100, so maybe $70/month. Kind of weird, google paying attention to what users want! What's next, google home / assistant will support google work calendars? Alexa has supported google work calendars forever, but google's own devices did not - despite plenty of requests. I always wrote google off as so disconnected from users / developers wasn't worth dealing with them, but this is interesting to see some changes that look user / developer directed (vs just wowing with google fu features with modest uptake).
- jeffxtreme 5y ago
  Re your Assistant question, think this should be available by: https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/10265998 https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/10265998 Do not know why it's not more marketed... a lot of people miss this!
  - whoknowswhat11 5y ago
    This wasn't supported for years. https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleassistantforgsuite-betatestapplication/ https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleassistantforgsuit... was where you could try to get into a beta. Google Home, Home Mini Home Mox Home Hum Nest Mini etc did not support gsuite accounts during launch as far as I can tell.
    - jeffxtreme 5y ago
      Ah I see, yeah this is a newish feature and still doesn't support GSuite accounts as the main driver. It just lets you link your consumer account to your GSuite (for calendars, etc.) But as it seems so many people wanted it (including myself), just surprised it wasn't marketed

slownews45 5y ago

Quick follow-up. They are now offering Spanner at < $700/month (which was old pricing I think for 1 node). Ie, you can do something like processing units in increments of 100, so maybe $70/month. Kind of weird, google paying attention to what users want! What's next, google home / assistant will support google work calendars? Alexa has supported google work calendars forever, but google's own devices did not - despite plenty of requests. I always wrote google off as so disconnected from users / developers wasn't worth dealing with them, but this is interesting to see some changes that look user / developer directed (vs just wowing with google fu features with modest uptake).

jeffxtreme 5y ago
Re your Assistant question, think this should be available by: https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/10265998 https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/10265998 Do not know why it's not more marketed... a lot of people miss this!
- whoknowswhat11 5y ago
  This wasn't supported for years. https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleassistantforgsuite-betatestapplication/ https://services.google.com/fb/forms/googleassistantforgsuit... was where you could try to get into a beta. Google Home, Home Mini Home Mox Home Hum Nest Mini etc did not support gsuite accounts during launch as far as I can tell.
  - jeffxtreme 5y ago
    Ah I see, yeah this is a newish feature and still doesn't support GSuite accounts as the main driver. It just lets you link your consumer account to your GSuite (for calendars, etc.) But as it seems so many people wanted it (including myself), just surprised it wasn't marketed