the broken economics of databases - by almog gavra

kept by eddie mar 24

Database vendors charge high prices but earn slim profits because they must recover large fixed costs, constantly innovate to avoid commoditization, and compete against cloud providers who own the underlying infrastructure.

IBM to acquire Confluent
Hacker News commenters react to IBM's acquisition of Confluent with widespread skepticism, citing IBM's history of poor acquisitions and suggesting Kafka alternatives.
also on Confluent, #business-strategy, #open-source
why you can’t copy palantir - by Ethan Ding - mandates
Palantir is a vertically integrated, outcome-based software provider that uniquely combines deep software and services under one organization, making it difficult to copy due to its distinct talent pool, broad product scope, and mission-aligned business model.
also on Databricks, Snowflake
How does AI change Software Engineering?
Investing in codebase constraints like strong types and modularity compounds AI agent effectiveness, enabling small teams to outpace legacy-encumbered organizations.
also on MongoDB, #open-source, #developer-tools
Pi, Minimal and Performant
Pi's minimal coding harness improves cost and performance by using fewer tools and less context, validated by Databricks' benchmark and Shopify's extensible pi-autoresearch extension.
also on Databricks, #open-source, #developer-tools
Codex for every role, tool, and workflow
OpenAI launched role-specific plugins, Sites, and annotations for Codex, enabling non-developers to build apps, dashboards, and reports across 62 apps.
also on Snowflake, #developer-tools