[nojvek]

Google was probably first when it came to managing 100s of 1000s of servers. They had the know how, they could have eclipsed AWS before they could even start. They weren’t too late to the game either, Azure started late and ramped up fast.

The scale at which Google managed to fuck up their cloud business says a lot about their DNA.

I was so excited about AlloyDB, but the documentation is crap. After two days of setting things up and dealing with their complex network configuration I gave up. Why would they make it so complex for a new dev to try their shiny new DB? Do cloud googlers seriously not think about new user experience?