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Dec 29, 2023 · Databases

What Michael Stonebraker’s 80-Year Journey Teaches About Modern Databases

Celebrating Michael Stonebraker’s 80th birthday, this article chronicles his pioneering work from Ingres to PostgreSQL, his influence on open‑source databases, the rise of cloud‑compatible DBMS, and his bold vision of a database‑centric operating system reshaping the future of data management.