Databases in 2024: A Year in Review // Blog // Andy Pavlo - Carnegie Mellon University
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Andy rises from the ashes of his dead startup and discusses what happened in 2024 in the database game.
Like a shot to your dome piece , I'm back to hit you with my annual roundup of what happened in the rumble-tumble game of databases. Yes, I used to write this article on the OtterTune blog, but the company is dead (RIP). I'm doing this joint on my professor blog. There is much to cover from the past year, from 10-figure acquisitions, vendors running wild in the streets with license changes, and the most famous database octogenarian splashing cash to recruit a college quarterback to impress his new dimepiece. I promised my first wife that I would write more professionally this year. I have also
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