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by duijf 2457 days ago
> Reading this article it seems like yet another example of "you don't have big data".

Yes definitely. This thing was a big exercise in "You aren't going to need it".

> so in the end it's mostly...just an app talking to Postgres?

Yes. We solve problems for our customers. It's nice if we can do that without also creating problems for ourselves :)

> seems like they've been jumping on bandwagons before

Just wanted to point out that this system is also written in Haskell. We didn't really switch bandwagons.

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>Just wanted to point out that this system is also written in Haskell. We didn't really switch bandwagons.

Fair enough! In the end it's great that you've been able to take a step back and look at your ultimate goal (i.e. the customer problem solving). That doesn't always happen enough, and it's a good sign for your IT teams :) Also the fact that you were able to get the time to actually do this.