database
also referred to as: databases
8 statements across 8 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Apr 14, 2017 by Spencer Kimball · across every show →
Everything said about database, oldest first
Apr 14, 2017 negative
Dec 20, 2019 bullish
Aug 18, 2023 neutral
Jun 21, 2024 positive
Application databases are the only true data source of truth
“Every software that's built, and even like any third party software you use, has a database. And the database contains all the valuable information. And that's your source of truth. Because if the database is wrong, I mean, the whole application is wrong.”
Mar 14, 2025 positive
Software companies defer user signup to support AI agent onboarding
“We've seen a lot of companies now start adopting similar flows, right? Like in the authentication space, in the database space and so on to make the tools available to agents without an explicit user's sign up and set up step first and delaying that step to af…”
Mar 31, 2025 negative
Dec 4, 2025 positive
Lemkin: Databases Possess High Defensibility Due to Customer Switching Costs
“Databases are a hard problem. Like you can only lose so much data. You can only have so many issues. You have to figure this out. And five years of investing in a database that everybody uses, it's, it ain't so easy to turn and leave your database.”