3 engineers on Hacker News describe using Google Cloud Spanner first-hand: 1 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“Having worked at FAANG, I'm always excited by the fanciness that is required. Spanner is the best database I've ever used.”
endorse · production · jrockway · 2024-10-06 · source ↗ · wrong label?“We tested out Spanner fairly heavily... The performance however wasn't even comparable.”
regret · personal · doh · 2017-10-05 · source ↗ · wrong label?“especially as we moved to spanner later”
neutral · production · 2.5 yr · malkia · 2019-01-07 · source ↗ · wrong label?