| ▲ | jf 4 hours ago | |
I helped set up the first meeting between a Microsoft executive and Thomas Preston-Werner. One of the moments that stood out to me was when Robert Youngjohns (the exec) asked Tom what it would take to have GitHub move to Azure. I was surprised that Tom had a response ready, saying that IOPS were really important and that virtual disks weren’t fast enough. | ||
| ▲ | winrid 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
I had a feeling this was all related to someone trying to run a database on networked disks. every fucking time | ||
| ▲ | jiggawatts 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Wait, are you trying to tell me that 1/100th the speed at 50x the price isn’t a great offer for Microsoft’s customers!? Heathen lies! Oh, wait… we have to use it? Oh, that’s terrible… | ||