Oh yes I so agree! These guys are a key mechanism for how a simple program that used to read a csv file ended up depending on a multi-site replicated database m

Oh yes I so agree! These guys are a key mechanism for how a simple program that used to read a csv file ended up depending on a multi-site replicated database managed by an external team of DBAs, burdened with a 6 month release cycle. Rallying cry: "but that's not fault tolerant!"