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by thedatamonger 3319 days ago
nobody has said it so I must. Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!
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lucasmullens 3319 days ago
Worth noting Badger here is a reference to the Wisconsin Badgers, since it's based on a paper from UW-Madison.
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mrjn 3319 days ago
Actually, no relation to Wisconsin Badgers. Badger is (and has been) Dgraph's mascot. So, we thought it would be nice to name the key-value store "Badger."
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