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Michael Stonebraker | Big Data is (at least) Four Different Problems

Michigan Engineering · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Databases & storageData science & statistics

What it is

Database pioneer Michael Stonebraker argues that 'big data' is really at least four different problems: big volumes with small analytics, big analytics, velocity, and variety. He comments on where each market is heading.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as a thoughtful, first-principles take from a Turing award winner that cuts through NoSQL and big data hype.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “a rather interesting talk by a very thoughtful Turing award winning engineer named Michael Stonebraker”

    Thoughtful critique of NoSQL hype by Turing award winner

    edejong, 2017-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The Marketing Behind MongoDB”

  2. “Highly recommend this and related talks by him, most of them are in YouTube.”

    Origin of the 3 V's from a DBMS legend's talk

    vishnugupta, 2024-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Big data is dead (2023)”

  3. “Definitely worth a watch.”

    Stonebraker talk on where databases are headed

    mattste, 2015-12 · Recommendation · in “Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition”

  4. “I think a better presentation to flesh out these ideas is the following youtube video”

    Better presentation of Stonebraker's views on SQL and ACID

    jasode, 2016-04 · Recommendation · in “Urban Myths about SQL (2015)”

  5. “I enjoyed his talk on "Why Big Data is at least 4 different problems”

    Enjoyable talk by an opinionated, first-principles database pioneer

    wenc, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Making Databases Work: The Pragmatic Wisdom of Michael Stonebraker (2018)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: michael stonebraker, big data, databases, sql, nosql

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