FLIP TABLE;
Abstract
This document details the motivation for and details of FLIP TABLE;, a showcase centered on unexpected ways of storing data. You are encouraged to participate!
Table of Contents
2. Table of contents ............. here
3. Introduction .................. below
4. Event details ................. below
5. Participate ................... below
6. Contact ....................... below
Introduction
Storing data often feels clinical. What shall it be today, Postgres or MongoDB? I can hardly contain my excitement. Writing data- a process that involves sending electrical impulses near the speed of light and trapping electrons within 10-nanometer cells- is reliably boring. Reading data is consistently underwhelming.
While we don't need to reinvent the wheel disk, who says we can't?
History has shown us that data can be stored in cassettes, vinyl records, punch cards, printed paper, clay tablets, and in countless other ways. More recently, we've seen that checkboxes can serve as a bona fide database. You could in theory read and write arbitrary data to a Metrocard. You can make a database out of used COVID-19 tests, or Tetris, or the entire internet. Your friends are databases when you ask them to remember things for you.
FLIP TABLE; is a showcase for exactly these kinds of unconventional databases that read and write data in unexpected, clever, and/or downright goofy ways. Come showcase something of your own creation, or just explore what others have to share!
Event details
- When: TBD
- Where: TBD
- Register: TBD
Participate
Everyone is welcome to participate! Your database only needs to be able to do two things:
- Write arbitrary data
- Read stored data
- Support SQL
- Be technically impressive
- Be "performant" i.e.
- Fast
- Consistent
- Highly available
Contact
- Marcos Acosta [email]