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Author of High Performance MySQL 4th edition
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Previously co-creator of Apache Flink (https://flink.apache.org/),
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Mike Driscoll @medriscoll.com Founder @ RillData.com, building GenBI. Lover of fast, flexible, beautiful data tools. Lapsed computational biologist.
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Dividing my time between Berlin and Bangalore.
Formerly led Data and Eng at Beat Mobility, Omio and Thoughtworks.
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