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  • tcp_handshaker3 hours ago

      0:00 - Intro
      1:03 - How he got into databases
      6:43 - Competing with Oracle
      9:07 - What made Postgres special
      15:55 - One size fits none
      21:37 - Why he disagreed with Google
      29:14 - Why he chose academia over big tech
      30:58 - Replacing state in an OS with a DB
      42:02 - Future problems in databases
      51:36 - Technical book recommendations to learn databases
      52:20 - Advice for younger self
      55:52 - Outro