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NoSQL Systems

WARNING

How I got here

Trying to avoid, or having to avoid relational database systems.

Startup #1

  • Object Design, Inc. (1988)
  • Object-oriented database systems.
  • An alternative to relational.
  • Except: Not really. That was really marketing spin. Actually, solved a completely different problem.
  • Lesson: Don't call something a database system if it isn't.

Startup #2

  • Novera, Inc. (1995)
  • Java-based application development.
  • Object-relational mapping: Write conventional Java code using collections and objects; read/write relational databases behind the scenes.
  • Lesson: ORMs are actually a terrible idea. The Vietnam of Computer Science

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