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Re:Mysterious startup Shadow under scrutiny after Iowa caucu... by aqme28 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:53PM (#22239478)
This isn't really "scale."

It needs to record something like a dozen numbers from each of the ~1,700 caucuses in the state. You could have used Excel as the database here with no problem.

Re:Mysterious startup Shadow under scrutiny after Iowa caucu... by honkycat on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @01:58PM (#22239539)
I was in the shower this morning thinking about how I would solve this, and something like this is exactly what I would have done. Use simple, familiar, battle tested technology to do the heavy lifting.