sqlpipe's comments

On: Albatross – Migrate from SQL Server to Babelfish PostgreSQL with Zero Downtime

[sqlpipe]

Hi all,

This is an early technical demo of my new database migration product, Albatross. I hope you enjoy.

On: What Is a Wildcard Person?

[sqlpipe]

Jeez, I didn’t expect to be perfectly psychoanalyzed this morning…

On: I'm tired of Google's business products

[sqlpipe]

I love Zoho! Used it on another project, and will certainly use it going forward.

On: I'm tired of Google's business products

[sqlpipe]

"I've called Google to try to talk to them"...

Currently contemplating this, but am certain it will leave me with a feeling of "well, I'll never get that 30 minutes back"

[lwkl → sqlpipe]

The support reps are nice and will talk to you but can't do much. My experience has been the following:

I have Google One and it annoys me that the new Drive client automatically adds a shortcut to my favorites in Finder and Explorer everytime I restart my computer. Google has been made aware of this a year ago according to threads in their product forums from about a year ago (they have thousands of upvotes). They haven't done anything about it and I haven't heard any feedback from the request that the support rep forwarded to the product team.

So from my POV it looks like they have support staff that answers to your request, but they have basically no power in the company and can't make any decisions. They probably send their request into a void where they get ignored.

My guess is that the only way to work with Google as a business is to buy their services over a major partner that generates tens of millions in revenue per year and has a personal relationship with account managers at Google.

[shaky-carrousel → sqlpipe]

Google has reinvented Soviet bureaucracy.

[ugjka → shaky-carrousel]

And they are in a position to suppress complaints via their search

[pocketsand → sqlpipe]

To their credit, the automated system told me I was banned and couldn't talk to anyone until I got unbanned, so I never got anyone on the phone.

[zelphirkalt → pocketsand]

Sounds like a good ol' curfew pass A38.

[lamontcg → zelphirkalt]

Sounds like someone forgot to fill out the form twenty seven B stroke 6.

On: I'm tired of Google's business products

[sqlpipe]

Me too!

Upon appeal, they emailed me back saying "we can confirm your account isn't suspended"... It's like what are you talking about? I'm looking right at a big red banner saying my account is suspended!

My hopes are not high for a fast resolution.

On: A performance comparison of PostgreSQL and MariaDB

[sqlpipe]

I used HammerDB to run a simple benchmark of PostgreSQL and MariaDB. The methodology used, results, and some pontification are in the article.

Questions and constructive comments very welcome. This is my first time using HammerDB, so any tips on future benchmarks would be great.