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title: "This week's database news, issue 24"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 24
published_at: "2014-08-08"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/24"
---

This week's database news, issue 24

This week's database news, supported by Rackspace[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/24)

DB WeeklyIssue 24 — August 8, 2014

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[Out in the Open: The Abandoned Facebook Tech That Now Helps Power Apple](http://www.wired.com/2014/08/datastax/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)WiredApache Cassandra was originally created by Facebook to juggle the large amounts of data generated by its users. This Wired feature looks at the birth of Cassandra and DataStax, a company at the heart of the Cassandra ecosystem.


[What ORMs Have Taught Me: Just Learn SQL](http://wozniak.ca/what-orms-have-taught-me-just-learn-sql?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Geoff Wozniak“I’ve come to the conclusion that, for me, ORMs are more detriment than benefit. In short, they can be used to nicely augment working with SQL in a program, but they should not replace it.”


[NoSQL Power Mobile App Challenge](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/nosql-no-worries-rackspace-objectrocket-power-mobile-app-challenge/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-dbweekly-challenge)RackspaceSponsoredWe’re launching the NoSQL Mobile App Challenge - a new contest through which Rackspace and ObjectRocket will provide the tools that empower developers to build user-friendly, sophisticated mobile apps that have real world impact. And, of course, prizes for winning apps! [Read more about the contest and register.](http://www.rackspace.com/blog/nosql-no-worries-rackspace-objectrocket-power-mobile-app-challenge/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-dbweekly-challenge) Submissions open August 7th.

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[The Technology Stack of Billion Dollar Startups](https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/tech-stack-startups-billion-dollar?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)CB InsightsThe database part is interesting with MySQL and Oracle leading the way.


[MongoDB CEO Steps Down; Appoints Ex-BMC Exec As New President and CEO](http://gigaom.com/2014/08/05/mongodb-appoints-ex-bmc-exec-as-new-president-and-ceo/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)GigaOMMax Schireson [has stepped down](http://maxschireson.com/2014/08/05/1137/) from the lead role at MongoDB and Dev Ittycheria has taken his place.


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