SlateDB+Lance+Datafusion stack saves customer millions, as AI agents unbundle big data systems
sh_reya · x · 2026-10-18
Engineer jezell shares a self-built data stack—SlateDB + Lance + Datafusion—that saves a customer millions of dollars a year in vendor costs, calling it his new goto stack. shreya draws the bigger implication: big data systems are being unbundled, and AI coding agents will let every company build its own data system and significantly cut compute bills, eroding managed data platforms' moats.
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