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0 pointsphawksworth3y ago0 comments

I don't quite agree. Gatsby Inc have been doing a ton of work in this area, and it is really impressive. It's one of the reasons that its platform has been such a draw to larger companies with more complex data and content sourcing needs.

Theo had a pretty perceptive take on this on his stream yesterday. Worth a look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJc9UYva46I&t=5384s

Meanwhile, with so many people talking about the acquisition as if Netlify purely acquired the Gatsby.js framework, I find it helpful to frame it like this:

Gatsby Inc is to Gatsby.js as Vercel is to Next.js

Netlify acquired Gatsby Inc

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kilburn3y ago

I understand that you're a DX at Netlify and your job is to advocate for whatever tech happens to be on your backyard. You openly acknowledged it and I thank you for it.

However, there is still a line that, when crossed, turns you into a regular old spammer. You are walking _very_ close to that line.

The Valhalla platform was "launched" 2 months ago. Even today there's ZERO public technical documentation on it. You can only find a bunch of marketing slides, SEO-ridden blog posts etc. saying that it's great, plus a video showing a few queries against a regular GraphQL server.

Please stop pretending that this quasi-vaporware platform is the best thing since french fries. Thanks.