Sentry CEO floats discarding 99% of your data but still charging for 100%
zeeg · x · 2026-10-31
Sentry founder David Cramer shares his vision of a future where Sentry stores very little customer data.
- The challenge: convincing users to pay for data that won't be stored, since compute isn't free
- His provocation: "If I threw out 99% of your data, but charged you for 100% of it, and it solved the problem better than anything today, how would you feel?"
- Hints at replacing raw data retention with real-time AI analysis
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