OtterTune Is Shutting Down

DBs are everywhere and it seems like we are always seeing stories about things going wonky. A DB specialist would seem like a "know"-brainer. I looked for why you are shutting down and didn't find much...was this a VC thing?

I admit my ignorance about such things but the middle layer would seem to be a great place to be..a pick and shovels story in a tech world too filled with unicorns and not enough actual workers. The glamour shots get all the glory, but the breeches seem to happen because the middle layer wasn't setup properly.

Was there an option to sell instead? I mean, I hate that companies with actual paying customers and PMF will close for no reason...at least, no good reason.

A startup can have the best tech and talent in the world, be solving important problems, and it will still probably fail.

What is OtterTune?