Valerio Malenchino, Lead Product Manager for database languages at Neo4j, has spent the last few years working on Cypher and GQL. With more than 15 years of experience in the graph database industry, he has held various roles in different companies, starting as a software engineer, transitioning to a professional service engineer, and working for the last 9 years as a product manager. Before the invention of graph databases, Valerio worked with real-life graphs in the shape of communication networks for several research labs owned by major European network operators. He firmly believes that graph databases will change the world.
The GQL ISO standard has just landed (April 11, 2024), marking a historical moment for graph database languages and a huge milestone in what has already been a relatively long history of language development. In a previous post, I briefly sketched how the Neo4j proprietary implementation of... read more
After several years of work, the GQL standard has been published. The path started by ISO in September 2019 hit its last major milestone in March 2024, with unanimous approval of the Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) ballot for GQL. This is a very exciting moment for everyone involved... read more
