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The creator of combdb2 at Bloomberg was then hired by Amazon to build auroradb. He retired off the package he received for that. Brilliant guy!

• raldi 4y ago
  He joined the conversation the last time we were talking about this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13908413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13908413
  • airheadlover 4y ago
    Yes, I heard he spent almost all his money on fast but leaky British sports cars, so still needs to stay in the loop technically speaking.
    • barbarbar 4y ago
      What is a leaky British sports car? TVR? Jaguar?
      • prmoustache 4y ago
        Those that haven't died before of electric gremlins.
      • focusedone 4y ago
        Wouldn't it be easier to list the ones that aren't leaky?
        • porker 4y ago
          That's the open top ones?
    • focusedone 4y ago
      This is an oddly specific rumor. Also oddly entertaining.