[hackthesystem]

Yeah, I think its a shame that most teachers don't give assignments like this that tie the big picture together with the low-level details. After students complete a big assignment like SimpleDB, they'll have a working artifact that they can reference for the rest of their career

[haggy102]

I think the main issue that universities face is time. There is only so much time in each semester and, as we all know, building and improving on a database is a lifelong task.