Thanks Alyssa!

For those interested in a more technical explanation of how the Clustrix database works (and how it’s a more advanced solution than traditional RDBMS), I recommend skimming through our technology docs – http://docs.clustrix.com/display/CLXDOC/Concepts

Thanks for the suggestions. I was using MongoDB as an example, not a canonical alternative.

I wasn’t the original commenter, however if you’re looking for constructive feedback then a little less buzzword bingo.

In the article you say “They are one of the earliest Y Combinator companies, founded in 2005”, then go on to say “Before Clustrix an entirely different kind of datastore, such as MongoDB, would be used.”.

MongoDB and Clustrix really aren’t replacements for one another, completely different use cases, however even ignoring the technical argument, MongoDB was only started in 2007 and first released in 2009 meaning it would be impossible to have been used “Before Clustrix” in 2005.

The article accurately describes what Clustrix does.

I’m not an expert in databases, but I am a software developer. Would you care to offer some constructive feedback on how I could do a better job explaining this company in a way engineers can respect and other non-technical folks can also understand?

You’re starting to make TechCrunch look well written.