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by NortySpock
754 days ago
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As a hobbyist Benthos user (and an admirer of Benthos), I'm a bit nervous about the "buyout". But I think I get the logic -- RedPanda maintains support (and a bit of control) of a very useful tool that complements RedPanda's core product (a drop-in Kafka replacement). In simple terms, RedPanda is stateful, Benthos is stateless, and Benthos is great for getting things into and out of a stateful thing. Commoditize your complements, as Joel Spolsky said. [1] Make it so no one can hinder developers getting data into (or out of) your database / message broker / stateful thing, and you'll reap the low-friction rewards of "developers finding it really easy to get stuff into and out of your system." So I think I'm somewhat optimistic about all this. [1] https://gwern.net/complement |
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