Panic set in. Their only other option was a cloud database, but that required a credit card. Leo’s card had exactly $1.47 on it. He was a developer, not a magician.
The next morning, Leo’s team demoed their logistics tracker. The judges threw 20,000 simulated orders at it in real time. The SQL Server Developer Edition handled it like a pro wrestler catching a toddler.
Finally: Download complete.
But then he saw it:
The Night the Database Saved the Hackathon