The document discusses the evolution of web and database architectures from 1995 to the present, noting how architectures have shifted from tightly coupled scale-up designs using SQL to loosely coupled scale-out designs using both structured and unstructured data stores. It also examines trends in response times, infrastructure, data access patterns, and the role of APIs, cloud computing, and real-time analytics. The future transformations described include everything being available via APIs, distributed analytics and data processing, and the massive growth of connected devices and data sources.

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2. The guys on the stage

3. Evolution of apps and data

4. In the beginning

5. 1995 and how I got involved with PHP

6. Web App and DB Architectures
Scale-up Tight Coupling Highly
Structured:
SQL Rises on
Web
Response Time Open Source Infrastructure
> 10 seconds Early on Bare metal

7. Tech sufficient for giants to emerge

10. Mobile Web
circa 2005

11. Web development renaissance
2007 2005-201020062004

12. Web App and DB Architectures
Scale-up Tight Coupling
Highly Structured:
SQL Rises on Web
Response Time Open Source Infrastructure
< 2 seconds Mainstream Virtualized, Early
Cloud
Scale-out Loose Coupling Structured and
Unstructured

14. 2015

15. Web App and DB Architectures
Scale-up Tight Coupling
Highly Structured:
SQL Rises on Web
Response Time Open Source Infrastructure
< 250 ms Foundational Cloud
Scale-out Loose Coupling
Structured and
Unstructured
Everything is
an API
Inflight
transformation
and analytics
In-Memory

16. “The future is already here - it’s
just not evenly distributed.”
- William Gibson

17. World IoT market: 2013 - 2025Billions

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23. It looks like you’re
trying to shop.
Want assistance?

26. Shoes video

27. Good choice – they’re confirmed to
arrive in time for next week’s hike
I went ahead and ordered coordinating
socks so you’ll be all set to go!
And I put the $225 on your Apple
account so you could earn enough
iStuff points to take another iVacation!

28. As a user
I want to achieve my goal quickly
So that I can get on with my life

30. Data storage and access in 2025
id surname first_name city
1 Jones Paul London
2 Smith Tony New York
3 Davis Frank Denver
Person
id model year value person_id
101 Ford 1995 2000 3
102 Tesla 2015 100000 1
103 GMC 2005 15000 1
Car

31. Data your way
id surname first_
name
city
1 Jones Paul London
2 Smith Tony New York
3 Davis Frank Denver
id model year value person_id
101 Ford 1995 2000 3
102 Tesla 2015 100000 1
103 GMC 2005 15000 1
{
first_name: 'Paul'
surname: 'Jones'
city: 'London'
cars: [
{model: 'Tesla'
year: 2015
value: 100000},
{model: 'GMC'
year: 2005
value: 15000}]
}
Person
Car

32. Data your way
{
first_name: 'Paul'
surname: 'Jones'
city: 'London'
cars: [
{model: 'Tesla'
year: 2015
value: 100000},
{model: 'GMC'
year: 2005
value: 15000}]
}
{
city: 'London'
people: [
{first: 'Paul'
last: 'Jones'
food: 'Pizza'
autos: [
'Tesla', 'GMC'
]}
]
}

33. “All problems in computer
science can be solved by
another level of indirection.”
- David Wheeler

34. Software
deployment
in 2025

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How you make it happen

36. Open Source
Unlock your data
API’s
Distribute the future
👍

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Demo

41. “Never underestimate the bandwidth of
a station wagon full of tapes hurtling
down the highway.”
- Andrew S. Tannenbaum

43. “Never underestimate the bandwidth
of 10 billion IoT devices hitting your
API simultaneously.”

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