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by apavlo 1248 days ago
> but maybe what results is a relational database+ type thingy

This is called already called "object-relational" model. It was invented by Postgres in the 1980s. The relational model / SQL absorbs the best part of alternative systems and get better over time. SQL:2023 is adding support for graph queries (SQL/PCG).

Graph DBMSs are a passing fade.

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I find projects like apache/age [0] are very promising in this direction. But I wouldn't call graph db's a passing fade. A more appropriate description might be "too important to be left alone, yet not important enough to form a second type of mass market database engine".

[0] https://github.com/apache/age

It takes time, but szarnyasg and I will convince you otherwise :)