[ashvardanian]

From a modern startup’s POV - fast pivots, fast feedback - it’s fair to say HTAP is “dead.” The market is sticky and slow-moving. But I’d argue that’s precisely why it’s still interesting: fewer teams can survive the long game, but the payoff can be disproportionate.

[refset]

I agree the opportunity is still there, although the long game keeps getting longer.

Prof. Viktor Leis suggested [0] that SQL itself - being so complex to implement and so ineffectively standardized - may be the biggest inhibitor to faster experimentation in the field of database startups. It's a shame there's no clear path to solving that problem directly.

[0] https://www.juxt.pro/blog/sane-query-languages-podcast/

[ashvardanian]

Absolutely agree! On the bright side, widespread adoption of Python-like general-purpose languages gives me hope, that similar options will multiply in the DBMS space.