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> For example: I use Elasticsearch and have used it for the past 10 years, I have deployed ES clusters myself, I have been a team lead for infrastructure teams
by raffraffraff 5y ago
> For example: I use Elasticsearch and have used it for the past 10 years, I have deployed ES clusters myself, I have been a team lead for infrastructure teams that had to support a ES cluster, etc. I would never, ever, choose to do it myself again if I can find a managed solution.
Ditto. I've seen ES / Cassandra cluster management casually dropped on a team who just happen to use an frontend that relies on them. Those are usually the most brittle, unloved databases in the world, and everyone on the team ends up walking away with the false impression that "X is a tire fire, never use it".
- piva00 5y agoFunny you mention Cassandra. That was another piece of hell-on-Earth for one of my teams to manage, even with a few seasoned SREs and database engineers. It is beautiful while it's working, it's hell to properly setup, configure and get it stable enough after ironing the quirks and gotchas.
- raffraffraff 5y agoLol. I didn't just pick that example at random. I've been there too.
- piva00 5y agoI imagined so, haha, glad to see you on the other side, we both survived!