The New Normal: What I Learned (or Un-Learned) at GraphConnect 2022

A tremendous amount of database science is devoted to the fine art of “normalization” – making your data easier for their databases to digest. Time to ask yourself: Who does normalization actually serve?

Neo4j CEO Emil Eifrem, speaking at the company’s GraphConnect 2022 conference in Austin, Texas

“What might be genuinely exciting about graph computing – especially compared to other indisputably exciting things like the onset of summer and the cancellation of The Celebrity Dating Game – is that graph computing solves more problems than it creates. Getting to that point of excitement with graph databases requires something of a breakthrough. It’s when folks finally comprehend that graph is a methodology, not a visualization.”