How Jacob Blankenship’s Career Guided the Philosophy Behind RogueDB’s API-First Approach to Modern Data Management
High Level
Founder and CTO Jacob Blankenship discusses how his career guided and shaped the philosophy behind RogueDB's effort for native API modern data management.
Key Takeaways
- Academia, private industry, and public institutions all struggle with database management
- Consistent issues arose in complex configuration setup, query tuning, and SQL specific issues
- Modern and proprietary databases both result in dedicated teams and resources to manage
- RogueDB focuses on the user experience through strong foundations, predictable behavior, and clarity
- Rejection of external funding with a strong focus on user inputs to drive development priorities
- Reducing complexity for simplicity is a key component of the development philosophy
Conclusion
Jacob Blankeship guides RogueDB to develop into a SaaS database that addresses real user needs and fundamental pain points. This commitment values independence by not seeking external feeding to influence the core objectives: an environment where developers can connect and begin working without hurdles.
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