> I'm guessing the authors are making an internal pitch that a16z should invest in upstash
thats not how it works, they already made their bets long before writing something like this (+ validated by talking to a ton of pple than can fit into this post... i know bc i've spent time with the authors haha)
> What I have seen a lot is people building transaction guarantees into their stack using something like event sourcing and cqrs. You pay some complexity but what you get in return is a transaction guarantee when events are processed which guarantees consistency when you need it (eg financial transactions etc), and the view part is eventually consistent but is always accurate as of a point in time.
correct. what's happening here is the rise of well tested frameworks that hopefully reduce the cost of implementation while preserving/extending the benefits (which can be very large if you go as far as temporal have done)
> thats not how it works, they already made their bets long before writing something like this
Correct. Andreessen is unusual in that its partners have a habit of plugging their books irrespective of the underlying companies’ health. So when e.g. PG says “look, I funded this company and they’re being badass,” people listen. When these guys write this tripe, it makes me wonder who’s running out of cash on that list.
thats not how it works, they already made their bets long before writing something like this (+ validated by talking to a ton of pple than can fit into this post... i know bc i've spent time with the authors haha)
> What I have seen a lot is people building transaction guarantees into their stack using something like event sourcing and cqrs. You pay some complexity but what you get in return is a transaction guarantee when events are processed which guarantees consistency when you need it (eg financial transactions etc), and the view part is eventually consistent but is always accurate as of a point in time.
correct. what's happening here is the rise of well tested frameworks that hopefully reduce the cost of implementation while preserving/extending the benefits (which can be very large if you go as far as temporal have done)