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Thesis: Partial State in Dataflow-Based Materialized Views

Jon Gjengset · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Jon Gjengset's 2020 PhD dissertation presentation at MIT on partial state in dataflow-based materialized views, the idea behind the Noria database. The Q&A is cut out.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it, including Gjengset himself, as a more digestible way into partially-stateful dataflow than the thesis text, mostly in caching and database threads.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “A recording of my thesis defense on this, which may be more digestible than the thesis itself, is also online at”

    Author's thesis defense on partially-stateful dataflow, easier than the thesis

    Jonhoo, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “How PlanetScale Boost serves SQL queries faster”

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Topics: noria, partial state, dataflow, databases, caching

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