<story><title>RethinkDB (YC S09) Raises $1.2 Million For Its Database For Solid-State Drives</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/rethinkdb-raises-1-2-million-for-its-database-for-solid-state-drives/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pg</author><text>Incidentally, if any hackers are looking for jobs working on an interesting problem, I know the Rethinks are hiring.  It would be the perfect job for a lot of hackers.  You&apos;d get to solve big problems starting with a blank slate, and you&apos;d get to work with smart, totally pragmatic people (Slava and Mike).  Plus they now have enough to actually pay you.</text></comment>
<story><title>RethinkDB (YC S09) Raises $1.2 Million For Its Database For Solid-State Drives</title><url>http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/01/rethinkdb-raises-1-2-million-for-its-database-for-solid-state-drives/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ShabbyDoo</author><text>&quot;There’s obviously risk involved with trying to redefine how people structure their databases&quot;&lt;p&gt;TechCrunch misses the point that Rethink is explicitly not doing this.  The MySQL engine is below the SQL parsing layer, so as-is MySQL apps should be able to run against it.</text></comment>