Polymorphism, but for Your Database
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calhemAuthor
22 days ago
I’m one of the people behind TypeDB. We’ve seen a lot of schema pain in domains like finance, robotics, and cybersecurity, where the same entity plays multiple roles or inherits from multiple types. Happy to answer questions or push back on the idea!
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