Screaming in the Cloud Everything Is a Graph (Even Your Dad Jokes) with Roi Lipman
Mar 5, 2026
Roi Lipman, CTO and co-founder of FalcoDB and former RedisGraph builder, shares his passion for graph databases and systems programming. He discusses why graphs shine on pathfinding and access problems. They cover vector search becoming a feature, the move from RedisGraph to FalcoDB, Rust rewrites, open source tensions, and AI’s messy impact on development.
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Graphs Are The Right Model For Path Problems
- Graphs are the natural model for pathfinding and network problems where relationships matter.
- Roi Lipman explains navigation maps and networks (roads, intersections, social graphs) are inherently graphs and table modeling makes such validations nearly impossible.
Evaluate Graph Performance And Multi Graph Scaling
- When choosing a graph product, evaluate traversal performance and ease of scaling across tenants or multiple graphs.
- FalcoDB targets customers unhappy with scaling or performance and emphasizes a unique graph representation and easy scale-out.
Vector Search Is Mostly A Feature Not A Database
- Vector search has become a feature integrated into many databases rather than a standalone product for most use cases.
- Roi notes companies use Postgres or FalcoDB for vectors unless you host hundreds of millions of vectors where dedicated vector DBs still make sense.