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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Michigan Engineering

Topic

databases and big data

Format

lecture

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

5

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Whenever I see a young gullible engineer, all twinkly-eyed and bedazzled by the MongoDB hype (or any other NoSQL hype), I'll send him a link [1] on a rather interesting talk by a very thoughtful Turing award winning engineer named Michael Stonebraker. It takes a …

• I first heard of this 3 V's in a Michael Stonebreaker's talk[1]. For the uninitiated he's a legend in DBMS space, Turing award winner[2]. Highly recommend this and related talks by him, most of them are in YouTube. [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

• Stonebraker recently gave a talk at my school on where he thinks databases are headed in the future[0]. Definitely worth a watch. [0] [VIDEO]