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Fair point re: "someone has to start the project". I think Yugabyte is neat, and I want to invest in it as a platform, but I can't help but look at the project

Fair point re: "someone has to start the project". I think Yugabyte is neat, and I want to invest in it as a platform, but I can't help but look at the project and feel like it's not set up for success should the Yugabyte the company fail. I hope I'm wrong and in 10 years it looks something like the Postgres community. I also did eventually find the docs for building the database. It just feels odd to have a roadmap in the readme but no actual information for getting set up on development. It's one of those things (and I grant it's a very small thing) that makes me feel like the platform isn't really for the community.

ddorian43 5y ago
> should the Yugabyte the company fail Probably true as of now. But they have enough funds for some time to seed the project in the worst case scenario. > It just feels odd to have a roadmap in the readme but no actual information for getting set up on development Because 99% of developers just want to use it instead of contribute in c++. And the docs are pretty big. We'll include a link for contributors/building docs in the readme. It takes like 10 years to create a new database ready for production. And not everyone can contribute a quick patch to it, it needs some extensive skills. But we're extremely open to outside contributors. And we've accepted fixes/features outside of the roadmap. And the license is free enough that you can build a competitor with it. Source: I work there.