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A Romp Through Database History (w/ Postgres co-creator Mike Stonebraker + Andy Palmer)
A Romp Through Database History (w/ Postgres co-creator Mike Stonebraker + Andy Palmer)
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Mike Stonebraker is a veritable database pioneer and a Turing Award recipient. In addition to teaching at MIT, he is a serial entrepreneur and co-creator of Postgres. Andy Palmer is a veteran business leader who serves as the CEO of Tamr, a company he co-founded with Mike. Through his seed fund Koa Labs, Andy has helped found and/or fund numerous innovative companies in diverse sectors, including health care, technology, and the life sciences. In this conversation with Tristan and Julia, Mike and Andy take us through the evolution of database technology over 5+ decades. They share unique insights into relational databases, the switch from row-based to columnar databases, and some of the patterns of database adoption they see repeated over time. For full show notes and to read 7+ years of back issues of the podcast's companion newsletter, head to https://roundup.getdbt.com. The Analytics Engineering Podcast is sponsored by dbt Labs.
Released:
Jan 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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