If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. - Henry Ford
Most people didn’t see the need for a car when everything depended on horses.
I’m sure Henry Ford heard a lot of this back in his day:
“ Why are you spending so much time on this useless car idea, cars will never become as reliable as horses. Just stick to what works, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel! “
Now we all know that Henry Ford did not give up and, for all intents and purposes, did reinvent the wheel in terms of changing how the world does transportation.
Now my question is: why don’t we have flying cars?
Have we, just like our ancestors, settled for faster cars instead of taking the next step into the future of transportation?
Let’s bring this home to us, SurrealDB is a database company, not a car maker. However, there are plenty of similarities between our vision for the future of databases and Henry Ford’s vision for the future of transportation.
In our case, Henry’s famous quote would say
If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said a faster Postgres
Right?
It certainly feels like that at times:
“ Why are you spending so much time on this useless database idea, SurrealDB will never become as reliable as Postgres. Just stick to what works, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel! “
Therefore the question is, will we give up?
This question is on the minds of a lot of people that want to adopt our technology.
And I’m here to assure you that the answer is no, we will not give up!
Why am I so sure of this?
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do. - Steve Jobs
This company is made up of people who have overcome a lot to get where we are today therefore, we know we can make a change and are not afraid to overcome the challenges ahead!
We are daring to reinvent the wheel and take the next step into the future of databases.
If you want to join us, then I encourage you to sign up for our version 1.0 launch event on September 13 to see what the future holds!
And, of course, join us on Discord, we’d love to hear from you!
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