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Datadog Is the New Oracle

by luckyou on 7/4/24, 12:58 PM with 6 comments

• by mooreds on 7/4/24, 1:05 PM

  Says the blog of a company selling "An open-source observability platform built for simplicity."

  The tension of expertise and self-interest is a tough one (I live this every day). If you know enough to have a good opinion, you are probably either:

     * a hobbyist fitting learning into the edges of the day
     * an experienced person who is too busy to write up your opinions
     * someone with a vested interest, selling something
  

  So hard as an outsider to determine who to trust and how far to trust them.

• by thebruce87m on 7/6/24, 1:41 PM

  Datadog is one of the companies that somehow get a hold of your company email address and spam everyone there with email subjects like “Re: meeting next week”. Instant ick.

• by HelloNurse on 7/4/24, 1:56 PM

  Expensive bills and open source alternatives are not enough to make anyone "the new Oracle", particularly not your competitors.