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0 pointssmarx0074y ago0 comments

Did you look at the 3 different (non-trivial) APIs they are offering on top of the dashboard? Though I have a hard time understanding why use PostgreSQL instead of ClickHouse, for example.

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lloydatkinson4y ago

No I didn’t tbh, I didn’t read much further. Notice how one sentence says Postgres was chosen because it was somebody’s preference

foepys4y ago

You will always be faster with worse tools you know than with better tools you don't know.

lloydatkinson4y ago

True but why does it also need terabytes of storage and 12 worker nodes?

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0 pointssmarx0074y ago0 comments

Did you look at the 3 different (non-trivial) APIs they are offering on top of the dashboard? Though I have a hard time understanding why use PostgreSQL instead of ClickHouse, for example.

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lloydatkinson4y ago

No I didn’t tbh, I didn’t read much further. Notice how one sentence says Postgres was chosen because it was somebody’s preference

foepys4y ago

You will always be faster with worse tools you know than with better tools you don't know.

lloydatkinson4y ago

True but why does it also need terabytes of storage and 12 worker nodes?

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