Podcasts Technology Contributor Dgraph with Manish Jain

Dgraph with Manish Jain

Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 9 a.m.

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Eric Anderson (@ericmander) and Manish Jain (@manishrjain) discuss the impact of Dgraph, an open-source database with a graph backend that Manish describes as \\u201ca search engine acting as a database.\\u201d Manish took a gamble when he chose GraphQL as his project\\u2019s query language shortly after its release by Facebook in 2015. Now, GraphQL has grown immensely in popularity and the bet has paid off, as Dgraph leads the cutting edge of databases in this new space. Make sure to check out the Dgraph team\\u2019s conference, \\u201cGraphQL In Space,\\u201d which will be held virtually on September 10th at graphqlcon.space.

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In this episode we discuss:

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  • How Manish was ahead of the curve at Google
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  • The chance circumstances in the Australian job market that led to Dgraph
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  • Building trust between open-source developers and their community
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  • Why the Dgraph team decided to hold their upcoming conference \\u201cIn Space\\u201d
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  • The future of databases and GraphQL
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