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The most generous hypothesis would be that Planetscale is an increasing popular product among the HN crowd - specifically, those who have to maintain large MySQ

The most generous hypothesis would be that Planetscale is an increasing popular product among the HN crowd - specifically, those who have to maintain large MySQL deployments. It seems like a very good product that is seeing something like viral adoption across those companies. The next ingredient would be if dropping MySQL tables is a relatively big pain (or known but unmanaged risk) that most of those people have experienced at some point. Then this feature would be exciting news for that not-so-small cohort and that seems sufficient for HN upvotes? I don't know if that's what happened today. I've heard about planetscale a few times but never used it. I can attest that dropping tables is always scary.

throwusawayus 4y ago
article title is misleading! it is about planetscale only, not mysql in general. borderline click bait also posted by a former github person. not sure if poster is author or works at planetscale but a lot of ex github engg are there
- samlambert 4y ago
  It wouldn’t be a PlanetScale post without our biggest fan throwusawayus. Let me know if you want a hat.
skilled 4y ago
I know of many great products that a lot of HN users use or have used in the past. Not once have I felt the need to submit their announcement for a new product feature because I feel like it would spark discussion or foster genuine inspiration. Don’t get me wrong but clicking on this link I was expecting an actual detailed guide/explanation. There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page considering both the submission title and the actual content of the said submission.
- daenz 4y ago
  >There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page There's a "hide" button on HN posts if downvoting them isn't enough for you.
  - skilled 4y ago
    There's a "flag" button also.
- ksec 4y ago
  By your standard every single Apple product announcement should not be on HN's front page.

throwusawayus 4y ago

article title is misleading! it is about planetscale only, not mysql in general. borderline click bait also posted by a former github person. not sure if poster is author or works at planetscale but a lot of ex github engg are there

samlambert 4y ago
It wouldn’t be a PlanetScale post without our biggest fan throwusawayus. Let me know if you want a hat.

skilled 4y ago

I know of many great products that a lot of HN users use or have used in the past. Not once have I felt the need to submit their announcement for a new product feature because I feel like it would spark discussion or foster genuine inspiration. Don’t get me wrong but clicking on this link I was expecting an actual detailed guide/explanation. There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page considering both the submission title and the actual content of the said submission.

daenz 4y ago
>There is nothing anyone can say to justify this being on the front page There's a "hide" button on HN posts if downvoting them isn't enough for you.
- skilled 4y ago
  There's a "flag" button also.
ksec 4y ago
By your standard every single Apple product announcement should not be on HN's front page.