I'm really interested to see what comes of this and what went wrong. It sounds like (from reading his blog) they were making a lot of customizations to Cassandra?
They have made many feature additions to Cassandra.
They haven't said much about the details of why they are having trouble.
It could be a core Cassandra problem, something they added, or completely unrelated to Cassandra; But the internet doesn't care. It's drama at its finest.
"It could be a core Cassandra problem, something they added, or completely unrelated to Cassandra; But the internet doesn't care. It's drama at its finest"
Digg made a big deal about their move to Cassandra (just as Digg's move to Cassandra was used to legitimize Cassandra, and by correlation NoSQL, among a wide range of zealots), going back over a year.
The thing about talking big like that is that it often comes back to bite you in the ass if things don't go well.
If Digg quietly released a new version that worked more reliably and provided a better experience, they would have been in a perfect position to pontificate on technology.
