Slava Akhmechet & Mike Glukhovsky’s company, RethinkDB has kept a low profile since coming out of YC. Turns out, they’ve been stockpiling not only consonants but also great ideas. In vol. 13, they explain how they’re building RethinkDB from the ground up for today’s hardware, why SSDs are cost-effective and discuss potential pricing models for NOSQL.

They have some big news coming soon so do yourself a favor and follow @RethinkDB or subscribe to their blog