Darnit, acquired by Apple and shutdown!? I didn&#x27;t even know! Thanks for the link. His critique is actually the first I&#x27;ve seen on their tech. He speculates quite a bit despite them giving plenty of detail and claiming to use many of same choices as Google&#x27;s F1. If they failed, I&#x27;d love to know in detail how to improve on their successes. Some of his gripes have obvious work-arounds with others <i>probably</i> having work-arounds.<p>That said, I think props still go to Google&#x27;s teams on GFS, Spanner, and F1 as the best techs out there. A F1 variant, which two teams are trying, is best approach given it&#x27;s proven and with much published detail.