> Stripe gets 99.999% uptime on top of a MongoDB-like database
Isn’t it actually MongoDB? They describe it as an “extension” [1] but it sounds like they added cluster management without changing the database itself.
Most cloud providers will accept a cloud init cloud config file. Sometimes they call it a “script” but they still accept the Yaml file if it has the `#cloud-config`.
There are modules for setting up ssh, adding users, installing packages, etc.
Buncombe honestly did a much better job than the surrounding counties. Up here in Madison County most of the updates were only posted on Facebook. A lot of the updates from here and surrounding counties were posted on Facebook as photos of text or videos with no caption.
I get that these counties don’t have the budget or the technical staff for this but it’s really unfortunate.