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by acjohnson55 1352 days ago
A lot of folks are reacting to the fact that it seems like this new version won't be able to be self-hosted. And while I get why that's a turn-off to many orgs, there's a massive market for turnkey, managed data products like this. You can get really far without having to staff data or infra engineers. The way I see it, the next phase of "tech" company will deemphasize the amount of in-house engineering outside of their core areas of innovation. There will, of course, be many companies that remain engineering-driven, but I see that as less the assumed norm going forward.