Open Riak – open, modern Riak fork

This really hits home and makes me happy to see on the HN front page.

Nearly 10 years later and I still consider my time working on Riak at Basho the highlight of my career.

After leaving, my original plan was to found "Basho 2.0" after my non-compete expired. But, unexpected personal/family hardships in 2015-2018 made big-tech money the better choice for awhile, and Cloud/competitors continued to chip away at the market.

Often stil regret not taking that path.

But, happy to see technology I'm very fond of still living on and providing value to the world.

I'm super happy to see YOU jtuple!!! I haven't seen or heard anything from you in years. I'm sorry to hear about personal/family hardships you suffered. I loved working for Basho in that era. I hope things are going well for you these days. No need to reply and get all mushy if you don't want to, I'm just really happy to see you posting and hear that you're out there.