This tidbit caught my eye:
> Apple runs the world's largest known number of Cassandra/ScyllaDB instances with roughly 300,000 nodes as of 2022
The Big Tech approach to web services is like everyone piling on a cruise ship to commute to work. Certainly brings some conveniences, but the complexity is insane and overall it feels absurd.
The relatively new DB-per-tenant type approaches described in this article are more like renting/leasing a car, or maybe riding the bus to work. Definitely a step in the right direction.
The future will be a mix of these solutions, and selfhosting/indiehosting. Indiehosting is like owning a car. Once the software is as reliable as cars are, many more people will do it.