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Rik Van Bruggen
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1106
Language
English
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Summary

I've summarized the text for you. Plushcap here, and I'll provide a concise summary of the article in one paragraph. The author, Rik van Bruggen, is not a technical person but has a passion for technology and joined Neo Technology to work with their graph database, Neo4j. He decided to learn about it by importing Belgian beers into the database using Wikipedia data, Gephi, and Neo4j's import tool without writing any code. After setting up the database, he explored its capabilities visually through the Neo4j Web Interface and used Cypher queries to find patterns, such as finding all Belgian Trappist beers based on a known beer, Orval. The author also experimented with updating the graph using Cypher transactions, demonstrating how Neo4j isolates updates from other users. Throughout the process, Rik learned about Neo4j's capabilities and had fun doing it without needing to write any code.