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		thedatamonger on May 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Badger – A fast key-value store written natively i... nobody has said it so I must. Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers!

lucasmullens on May 14, 2017 [–]

Worth noting Badger here is a reference to the Wisconsin Badgers, since it's based on a paper from UW-Madison.

mrjn on May 15, 2017 | [–]

Actually, no relation to Wisconsin Badgers. Badger is (and has been) Dgraph's mascot. So, we thought it would be nice to name the key-value store "Badger."

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