gustavoamigo

From what you are saying, it was not a rescue mission then? But Trump administration is trying to frame as it were. Is that it?

The decision to make this political and partisan came from the Trump administration, the response to that is obviously political and it is natural that it would come from someone that is not a Trump supporter.

I agree with start with a monolith and a shared database. I’ve done that in the past quite successfully. I would just add that if scaling becomes an issue, I wouldn’t consider sharding my first option, it’s more of a last resort. I would prefer scaling vertically the shared database and optimizing it as much as possible. Also, another strategy I’ve adopted was avoiding doing `JOIN` or `ORDER BY`, as they stress your database precious CPU and IO. `JOIN` also adds coupling between tables, which I find hard to refactor once done.

Creating a startup is a huge risk taking endeavour, if there are factors in your life that might distract you from this like how you are going to pay mortgage or will I have time to be with my kids/wife, probably you shouldn't do it. Also, keep in mind that there are few possible outcomes to a startup - 1) it succeeds and you get rich, 2) it fails miserably and you are left with a huge debt that you might never be able to pay in a lifetime (this risk is real, I've seen it), 3) it fails, but you get away no debt, 4) it kind of succeeds, but it becomes a boring existential company that barely pays your bills and no one is interested in buying it.