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One of the interesting things about databases is that unlike most other markets, there is no single database that completely owns a majority of market share. M

by yen223 2y ago

One of the interesting things about databases is that unlike most other markets, there is no single database that completely owns a majority of market share. MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server and Postgres are very close to each other in terms of market share (however you choose to define it). The effect is that most database tooling folks almost never specialise on one database. They'd be giving up too much TAM for that. I think this is a big part of why database tooling in general are generalised, not specialised. It's also a big part of why database tooling aren't as good as they should be.

saisrirampur 2y ago
Ack, true VC-backed startup optimize for TAM and therefore go more generalized. At PeerDB, we were still focused on just Postgres and were expanding from CDC to other ETL/data-movement use cases for Postgres, such as Active<>Active, Database migrations etc. With the pace at which Postgres is growing, I believe that ETL for Postgres can meet that billion-dollar TAM. Anyway, we were recently acquired by ClickHouse and are now doubling down on providing a world-class CDC experience from Postgres to ClickHouse. :)