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The data model behind Notion's flexibility

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Notion’s data model enables the product’s most foundational component: blocks. Through blocks, we allow users more flexibility over their information.

All posts ← ← All posts Published May 18, 2021 in Tech The data model behind Notion's flexibility By Jake Teton-Landis Engineering 12 min read Share this post A generation of pioneers (Doug Engelbart, Ted Nelson, Alan Kay, and many more) saw the computer as tool to augment human problem-solving by giving people power over information. Today, that information mostly remains siloed across tools. Take cloud-based document editors, where pages are their smallest atomic unit. Information is locked inside of pages and files and folders—that’s reminiscent of how things were done a century ago. We bui

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