<story><title>Compose Is Joining IBM</title><url>https://www.compose.io/articles/compose-is-joining-ibm/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kylehotchkiss</author><text>What makes me most sad is that a really, really great product is being sucked into a company who has no reason to offer services to a person like me. Knowing I could spin up postgres for $18&amp;#x2F;month was pretty much the sweet spot that gave me the confidence to want to do more personal, outside of work projects. Heroku&amp;#x27;s $50&amp;#x2F;month offering is far too much. But I have a feeling that this acquisition, like many others, means the end of the offering of a product to the lone-wolf developer who wants to just build something for fun that won&amp;#x27;t scale nor make money. I have literally no reason whatsoever to believe IBM cares about the little guy but I&amp;#x27;m okay and willing to be proven wrong about that. I want to be proven wrong about that.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t want an email nor an empty promise. I honestly just want you guys to keep the name &amp;quot;compose&amp;quot; and keep that cheap postgres option open for the long run (years and years not weeks and weeks) so us folks who just want to build something for fun have a quality database with a professional operation to support it at the great pricing it is today.</text></comment>
<story><title>Compose Is Joining IBM</title><url>https://www.compose.io/articles/compose-is-joining-ibm/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bstar77</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been a customer for several years, never once had a problem with reliability or performance.  I&amp;#x27;ve used several other services and nothing compared to the simplicity of mongohq&amp;#x2F;compose.  They&amp;#x27;ve also had pretty great support for some obscure issues I&amp;#x27;ve had to deal with. Overall, I hope this move just means more of the same.</text></comment>