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I ended up using the somewhat deprecated community-made .yaml files in https://github.com/sbaugher/arangodb-kubernetes
It has a problem of it's own, but I have some idea how to fix it (next time it happens), and am very interested in Oasis.
I admit I liked Mongo for it's document storage. But I didn't like Postgres due to my irrational dislike of SQL Then I challenged myself to try out a graph database.
ArangoDB presents things like Mongo (as documents), has a much nicer query language than SQL (or just use GaphQL) and does graph stuff; all while being amongst the top 3 or so in benchmarks that are designed to test only specific types of databases. If databases did triathlons, ArangoDB would be unbeatable.
Only two issues that I struggled with are/were Kubernetes cluster stuff, like sharding, but this is common to cluster DBs I think.
TL;DR, Microsoft's known strategy is to feign goodness, then use the goodwill to kill competition, especially in the open standards/open source area.
Anyway, they likely could have remained unprofitable for a long time instead of doing this.
a) Set up a "Site" and add caching and HTTPS with ease. Inject analytics with one button press on their web GUI. Free (credit) tier and services as low as $1/month after that.
b) Create an "Edge App", basically program your own CDN/DNS, deployed to Fly's 18 servers, in the same language you use on the front-end, the latest Javascript. Use their API to cache however you like, re-route `/pathnames`, and so on. Even resize or watermark images based on the request. Or just import something from NPM.
c) Their "Wormhole" product lets you load-blanace without nginx, just by adding some text to your Dockerfile. I've deployed a swarm to Docker across several VPS using this, no nginx config required.
You can start with no credit card, only caveat is you need a DNS with flattened CNAMEs (for root) or ANAMEs or ALIASs (unless you only wanna use subdomains).
> pass an online sales tax [law].
Can we push our imaginations further though? We are still thinking about the resources being distributed by businesses, for example. What about communes, central planning or automation, minus private enterprise altogether?
> The company launched a new version of the Surface Pro on Tuesday that has built-in LTE connectivity, something that should appeal to businesses with remote employees, or really anyone who’s tired of tethering their iPhone to their MacBook with a dongle.
I love that "Bluetooth" is now called a dongle.
As for things domestically in China, international groups have found overwhelming satisfaction and support for the government there.