This is a really, really great article. Shame it didn't get on HN 2 years ago. For anyone interested in the history of databases, as the author eluded to, it b

This is a really, really great article. Shame it didn't get on HN 2 years ago. For anyone interested in the history of databases, as the author eluded to, it began with graph databases first (called Navigational Databases), and then SQL came in and actually ruined the approach and performance (despite people thinking SQL databases were designed for storage constraints, that didn't come until later after the relational model had been more developed). If you want to learn more about this history, I did a talk out in Italy (later recorded on a web cast) about it here: https://vimeo.com/208899228/b9bc9eaaa4 https://vimeo.com/208899228/b9bc9eaaa4