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Thanks, based on the dismissive replies to my original comment in the Splunk acquisition discussion, I thought this would get a lot of hostile takes saying that

Thanks, based on the dismissive replies to my original comment in the Splunk acquisition discussion, I thought this would get a lot of hostile takes saying that it was dumb, that I reinvented the wheel because I didn't want to spend 2 weeks trying to figure out opentelemetry nonsense and tools X, Y, and Z, that it was trivial, that it wouldn't scale, etc. But people are actually being surprisingly nice and friendly! I guess people just really hate Splunk!

egwor 3y ago
I suggest you sell it to Oracle, get some popcorn and watch the Cisco vs Oracle log war begin!
- RexM 3y ago
  mired in antitrust lawsuits
_aavaa_ 3y ago
> reinvented the wheel I hate this meme. It's as if cars, trains, and airplanes all use the same wheels. Or that wheels under my stove, my tiny filing dresser, and my shopping cart are all the same. Oh yeah, re-inventing the wheel, what a stupid idea and something we obviously don't frequently do and for good reasons. This meme is almost as bad as the horrible misquoted "premature optimisation is the root of all evil".
facorreia 3y ago
Your project sounds like something that definitely could come in handy. I forked it as a "bookmark". I particularly like the idea of storing the data in a local SQLite database. Not everything needs to be "web scale".
- eigenvalue 3y ago
  The real power is that with datasette you can instantly turn that SQLite DB into a full fledged responsive web app with arbitrarily complex filtering and sorting, which all gets serialized to the URL so you can share it and bookmark it for future use.
- silasb 3y ago
  Not only that, but with https://litestream.io/ https://litestream.io/ things becomes even more interesting. I'm currently using this for a small application to easily backup databases in docker containers.
rollcat 3y ago
> But people are actually being surprisingly nice and friendly! I guess people just really hate Splunk! Best things in life come through love and passion. Frustration can be a good motivator but don't let it guide you. > I thought this would get a lot of hostile takes [...] To be entirely honest with you, recognizing and praising the good parts is a lot easier than giving proper feedback on what needs to be improved;)

egwor 3y ago

I suggest you sell it to Oracle, get some popcorn and watch the Cisco vs Oracle log war begin!

RexM 3y ago
mired in antitrust lawsuits

_aavaa_ 3y ago

> reinvented the wheel I hate this meme. It's as if cars, trains, and airplanes all use the same wheels. Or that wheels under my stove, my tiny filing dresser, and my shopping cart are all the same. Oh yeah, re-inventing the wheel, what a stupid idea and something we obviously don't frequently do and for good reasons. This meme is almost as bad as the horrible misquoted "premature optimisation is the root of all evil".

facorreia 3y ago

Your project sounds like something that definitely could come in handy. I forked it as a "bookmark". I particularly like the idea of storing the data in a local SQLite database. Not everything needs to be "web scale".

eigenvalue 3y ago
The real power is that with datasette you can instantly turn that SQLite DB into a full fledged responsive web app with arbitrarily complex filtering and sorting, which all gets serialized to the URL so you can share it and bookmark it for future use.
silasb 3y ago
Not only that, but with https://litestream.io/ https://litestream.io/ things becomes even more interesting. I'm currently using this for a small application to easily backup databases in docker containers.

rollcat 3y ago

> But people are actually being surprisingly nice and friendly! I guess people just really hate Splunk! Best things in life come through love and passion. Frustration can be a good motivator but don't let it guide you. > I thought this would get a lot of hostile takes [...] To be entirely honest with you, recognizing and praising the good parts is a lot easier than giving proper feedback on what needs to be improved;)