We ported the original Doom to SQL

This article shows that even a classic real-time game like Doom can be reimplemented entirely inside SQL, with the database handling both game logic and rendering at playable frame rates. For CIOs and technology leaders, the strategic takeaway is that modern databases can be stretched far beyond transactional workloads to become programmable execution platforms, highlighting both the power and the cost of extreme in-database compute patterns for IT architecture, performance, and talent strategy.