Keynote: From RAP to Snowflake - A Look at 50 Years of SQL DB Scalability
Presenters David J. DeWitt Source PGConf.dev 2025 The Unexpected Rise of PostgreSQL: A Journey Through Database Scalability 🚀 For those of us immersed in the world of data, the evolution of database systems is a fascinating story of innovation, adaptation, and sometimes, unexpected turns. This presentation, delivered by a seasoned industry veteran, offers a captivating retrospective on that journey, spanning from the 1980s to the present day. Forget the hype cycles – this is a grounded look at how we got here, and what the future might hold. ...