<story><title>AWS and Blockchain</title><url>https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/19/AWS-Blockchain</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>smt88</author><text>I had a real experience that perfectly reflects the research presented here (safer ledgers useful, blockchains are not).&lt;p&gt;I accidentally got wrapped up in a project to automate some HR functions, and the product manager demanded that it must be blockchain because blockchains are the future.&lt;p&gt;It turns out that append-only databases are well-suited for HR records, and (especially when dealing with things like background checks, immigration papers, etc.) it doesn&amp;#x27;t hurt to have a history with cryptographically-verifiable date stamps.&lt;p&gt;We used an existing database that did all of the above, told everyone it was blockchain, and released the product.&lt;p&gt;That was a great strategy for a few years until everyone realized blockchain was a boondoggle, and now you never need to work with anyone who still believes in it. You can just understand their mention of blockchain to be a sign that you need to avoid doing business with them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jasmer</author><text>&amp;quot; it must be blockchain because blockchains are the future.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Wow, that&amp;#x27;s next level PM cringe.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m glad you were able to jujitsu your way around it.</text></comment>
<story><title>AWS and Blockchain</title><url>https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/11/19/AWS-Blockchain</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>smt88</author><text>I had a real experience that perfectly reflects the research presented here (safer ledgers useful, blockchains are not).&lt;p&gt;I accidentally got wrapped up in a project to automate some HR functions, and the product manager demanded that it must be blockchain because blockchains are the future.&lt;p&gt;It turns out that append-only databases are well-suited for HR records, and (especially when dealing with things like background checks, immigration papers, etc.) it doesn&amp;#x27;t hurt to have a history with cryptographically-verifiable date stamps.&lt;p&gt;We used an existing database that did all of the above, told everyone it was blockchain, and released the product.&lt;p&gt;That was a great strategy for a few years until everyone realized blockchain was a boondoggle, and now you never need to work with anyone who still believes in it. You can just understand their mention of blockchain to be a sign that you need to avoid doing business with them.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>v-erne</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;It turns out that append-only databases are well-suited for HR records&lt;p&gt;It may seem so, bu then You find out what are Your governments limit&amp;#x27;s for storing workers data, and Your company lawyers forces You to make it possible to delete everything that past that limit to limit legal risk and be gdpr compliant. 
And at this moment You find out that world is not constant and far from Your ideal model of spherical cow.</text></comment>