VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Programming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoExclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores salewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansprogramming@programming.devgitlab@programming.dev
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minus-squareBlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoI’m surprised Datadog is that much of a money maker to be able to afford GitLab
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 months agoI’m not, really. They’re one of our largest operating expenses and we’re trying to work on reducing our log output to reduce the cost. For what they do I’m not aware of any players in the space that come anywhere close, though.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoFor capturing logs? Splunk, Dynatrace, etc. There are a lot of companies that do it better and cheaper.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months agoYeah. I wouldn’t have guessed. Maybe they’re not? It feels like these deals, in technology, are usually due to investors gambling that two unprofitable companies smooshed together will strike gold.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoDatadog is expensive for what they do.
I’m surprised Datadog is that much of a money maker to be able to afford GitLab
I’m not, really. They’re one of our largest operating expenses and we’re trying to work on reducing our log output to reduce the cost.
For what they do I’m not aware of any players in the space that come anywhere close, though.
For capturing logs? Splunk, Dynatrace, etc. There are a lot of companies that do it better and cheaper.
Yeah. I wouldn’t have guessed.
Maybe they’re not? It feels like these deals, in technology, are usually due to investors gambling that two unprofitable companies smooshed together will strike gold.
Datadog is expensive for what they do.