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The operational relational schema paradigm

The relational model has been in existence for over forty years, a rare feat in the software development world. Relational databases commonly serve as backends for small, medium, to the largest apps and products in the world. And while relational databases have optimized well for speed, concurrency, latency, and overall read/write performance, they have not adapted as much for metadata changes at scale. Specifically, many organizations are struggling to keep development velocity, agility, and co

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