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How did you get started? I've dealt with databases for a very long time, But I frankly find SQL extremely hard and I could never imagine forking postgres to im

How did you get started? I've dealt with databases for a very long time, But I frankly find SQL extremely hard and I could never imagine forking postgres to improve it. Is this your first company, did you personally write much of the early code, or did you hire a team to do so. As a side note, I'm seeing an insane amount of movement when it comes to business to business VC funding. What about an entertainment product ? Hypothetically, if you were given a year off to come up with a new product, do you think it would be possible? I would absolutely love to read a blog post where you discuss the challenges you've faced getting here.

avthar 5y ago
Timescaler here. Linking a few posts below [0][1] that answer the majority of your very good questions. The posts detail why and how TimescaleDB started and why the founders chose to build a time-series database on PostgreSQL. [0]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/when-boring-is-awesome-building-a-scalable-time-series-database-on-postgresql-2900ea453ee2/ https://www.timescale.com/blog/when-boring-is-awesome-buildi... [1]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/40-million-to-help-developers-measure-everything-that-matters/ https://www.timescale.com/blog/40-million-to-help-developers...
- 999900000999 5y ago
  Thank you ! I plan on reading this all in full. Edit : Very impressive way to pivot , best of luck !
  - akulkarni 5y ago
    Thank you :-) There's a lot of lessons I've learned along the way These are probably two of the top ones: 1. Solve a big problem that people have (even better if you personally have it) 2. Who you work with matters more than what you work on :-)
    - 999900000999 5y ago
      So the big question I have is how do I get started ? Looks like you had a small company, that was able to pivot and expand. I'm planning on spending at least 3 months diving into my side projects, and then I'll try YC again. Do I then just cold email various YC like funds until I fetch some interest, or should I focus on building my project.

avthar 5y ago

Timescaler here. Linking a few posts below [0][1] that answer the majority of your very good questions. The posts detail why and how TimescaleDB started and why the founders chose to build a time-series database on PostgreSQL. [0]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/when-boring-is-awesome-building-a-scalable-time-series-database-on-postgresql-2900ea453ee2/ https://www.timescale.com/blog/when-boring-is-awesome-buildi... [1]: https://www.timescale.com/blog/40-million-to-help-developers-measure-everything-that-matters/ https://www.timescale.com/blog/40-million-to-help-developers...

999900000999 5y ago
Thank you ! I plan on reading this all in full. Edit : Very impressive way to pivot , best of luck !
- akulkarni 5y ago
  Thank you :-) There's a lot of lessons I've learned along the way These are probably two of the top ones: 1. Solve a big problem that people have (even better if you personally have it) 2. Who you work with matters more than what you work on :-)
  - 999900000999 5y ago
    So the big question I have is how do I get started ? Looks like you had a small company, that was able to pivot and expand. I'm planning on spending at least 3 months diving into my side projects, and then I'll try YC again. Do I then just cold email various YC like funds until I fetch some interest, or should I focus on building my project.