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May 12, 2018 · Databases

How Ant Group’s OceanBase Database Emerged from Double‑11 Pressure: Lessons in Autonomous R&D

The article recounts how Alibaba and Ant Group were forced by the massive Double‑11 transaction surge to develop their own OceanBase database, explores the five‑year struggle, the broader fintech innovations, and the strategic mindset of autonomous R&D and open‑source sharing.