Think about the power that database administrators have in your organization's world. I’ve been working with databases since my first job in 1987. I’ve seen the power bestowed upon database administrators in organization after organization. They are fully aware of the power they control, and most other people in an organization are regularly reminded of this power. The defensive database administrator is always the biggest obstacle in the way of API teams who are often seen as a threat to the power and budgets that database groups command. This power is why databases are often centralized, are scaled vertically, and are the backends to so many web, mobile, desktop, and server applications.
I spend a significant amount time thinking about the power that database administrators wield and how we can work to find more constructive, secure, and sensible approaches to shifting legacy database behaviors. Lately, I also find myself thinking a lot more about blockchain — not because I’m a believer but because so many believers are pushing it onto my radar. Blockchain will continue to be a thing, not because it is a thing, but because so many people believe it is a thing. Most blockchains will not withstand the test of time — they are vapor — but the blockchains that remain will do so because people have convinced other people to put something meaningful into their blockchain, much like we have convinced so many companies, organizations, institutions, and government agencies to put data into databases.
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