Episode 515: Rick Houlihan, MongoDB Field CTO on Document Databases

Brandon talks with Rick Houlihan, Field CTO at MongoDB, about why document databases are more important than ever, how MongoDB fits into modern app architectures, and where AI comes into play. Plus, Rick shares the story of how he helped deprecate 3,000 Oracle databases at Amazon.

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• LinkedIn: Rick Houlihan


• Twitter/X: @houlihan_rick

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Special Guest: Rick Houlihan.

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