Sure but the database they used probably had seventy-four nines of uptime and used atomic clocks to support nearly simultaneous changes to a single record at a

Sure but the database they used probably had seventy-four nines of uptime and used atomic clocks to support nearly simultaneous changes to a single record at a rate of a hundred and six thousand hertz, and that thing was crazy expensive. Unfortunately that database was built on Awesome Google Internal Technology 884611, which has been deprecated, and the replacement system doesn't work yet. The team that built Domains ended up owning Awesome Google Internal Technology 884611 because they were supposedly the only team left still using it, but then they discovered that Google Search also relies on it through a Stubby that no one noticed. So then the Domains oncalls were getting swamped with bug reports from Google Search every time someone used Google Image Search in Italy, for some reason... The Domains SWEs and SREs put up a heroic effort to keep Search (and Domains) running, but it was noted that implementing something like Domains would neither be Difficult or Impactful, so they all got Needs Improvement and resigned to go work on something more rewarding like High Frequency Trading of Kale Futures or driving a Lyft. Google Image Search in Italy has been flaky ever since.