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  • After the Debate, Let's Talk Seriously About 'Ontology'

    In Database 3286 words 16 min

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    After the Debate, Let's Talk Seriously About 'Ontology'

    Last month I wrote a post called “The Palantir Ontology Scam”. The core point was simple and summarized in a Rosetta Stone-style comparison table: Palantir’s Ontology is, at the technical level, database modeling. Object Type is a table. Property is …

    Last month I wrote a post called “The Palantir Ontology Scam”. The core point was simple and summarized in a Rosetta Stone-style comparison table: Palantir’s Ontology is, at the technical level, database modeling. Object Type is a table. Property is …

  • Database Planet Collision: When PG Falls for DuckDB

    By Ruohang Feng In Database 1504 words 8 min

    Ruohang FengPostgreSQLOLAPDatabase

    Database Planet Collision: When PG Falls for DuckDB

    When I published “PostgreSQL Is Eating the Database World” last year, I tossed out this wild idea: Could Postgres really unify OLTP and OLAP? I had no clue we’d see fireworks so quickly. The PG community’s now in an all-out frenzy to stitch DuckDB …

    When I published “PostgreSQL Is Eating the Database World” last year, I tossed out this wild idea: Could Postgres really unify OLTP and OLAP? I had no clue we’d see fireworks so quickly. The PG community’s now in an all-out frenzy to stitch DuckDB …

  • 7 Databases in 7 Weeks (2025)

    By Matt Blewitt In Database 2096 words 10 min

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    7 Databases in 7 Weeks (2025)

    Author: Matt Blewitt, Original: 7 Databases in 7 Weeks (2025) Translator: Feng Ruohang, database veteran, cloud computing mudslide https://matt.blwt.io/post/7-databases-in-7-weeks-for-2025/ For a long time, I’ve been running Databases-as-a-Service, …

    Author: Matt Blewitt, Original: 7 Databases in 7 Weeks (2025) Translator: Feng Ruohang, database veteran, cloud computing mudslide https://matt.blwt.io/post/7-databases-in-7-weeks-for-2025/ For a long time, I’ve been running Databases-as-a-Service, …