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		sgarland 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TigerBeetle is a most interesting database > Do you think Stripe has 1% contention directly on an OLTP DB? Definitely not. Stripe runs on top of MongoDB, which is horrifying in its own right, but in any case comparing them to a shop running an RDBMS is apples to oranges.

redwood 6 months ago [–]

Stripe delivers incredible uptime. This type of comment is beneath this platform.

sgarland 6 months ago | [–]

I didn’t say they’re bad at their job, I said I find the technology choice horrifying. That’s a personal take, not a value statement.

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