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This was a refreshing read! I like to think Software is eating the world, but it's unable to digest the data and use it effectively. Perhaps the shift from services to a product business adds a layer of RWE (real-world evidence) to solving hard engineering problems.
“Cloud is expensive” is an often repeated phrase among IT professionals. What makes the cloud so expensive, though? One element that significantly drives cloud costs is resource over-provisioning. Over-provisioning refers to the eager allocation of more resources than required by a specific workload at the time of allocation.
So, the big takeaways for me from this discussion about distributed databases are:
- Efficiency is key, and there are ways to leverage existing knowledge (like from game development) to make data processing faster. - Cost reduction doesn’t mean sacrificing performance, and in fact, Oxla seems to be proving that it’s possible to be both fast and affordable. - Trust and security are crucial, especially in big industries like energy or cybersecurity where any failure can be catastrophic.