My personal reflections from watching Jordan Tigani’s keynote "The Unbearable Bigness of Small Data" at Small Data SF.  Most data warehouses are overbuilt for scale you'll never need. Learn how to stop paying the complexity tax.

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Most organizations don't need massive distributed data systems. The industry has over-engineered solutions for edge cases, forcing everyone to pay a complexity tax for scale they'll never require. Modern single-machine databases can handle what previously required distributed systems, with machines now offering 192 cores and 1.5TB of memory. By separating storage (cheap, infinite object storage) from compute (ephemeral, cloneable instances), and designing for the common case of small data with occasional big compute needs, teams can achieve better performance with dramatically simpler architecture. DuckDB exemplifies this approach by focusing on the complete user experience, not just query performance, while MotherDuck extends it with cloud durability and per-user isolation through individual database instances that spin up in under 100ms.

Stop Paying the Complexity Tax