There are other query languages. InfluxDB develops one called Flux. It’s a master class on why corporate led open source can really suck. Daily use features get deprecated all the time and each new release is breaking. The documentation is horribly insufficient and the language syntax is usually not clear and it wraps many behaviors into one vague function name. Yes, SQL is pretty impressive.
I remember when he got the job. It didn’t make big news, but literally everyone’s take was “This is the worst decision possible, why would you do this?” And things were quiet for a bit, but eventually he had to remind us who he is.
Mack Callender would be the main character. He was killed by the Pinkertons after Blackwater. The Pinkerton’s told Arthur a bit that seemed to suggest Mack went through the good ending in his final moments. Odds are he’ll witness Dutch’s first acts of madness and will be left for dead.
HBO has repeated this policy for decades. Shared passwords and piracy drive long term retention. If your company is thinking long term, all that matters is raw content quality, which HBO has always dominated.
The really nice part about this is that this is exactly what Signal says they can share, and have been forced to share in the past. It’s a tested history of complete policy transparency.
That’s the most Influx-like decision ever.