https://www.starrocks.io/blog/inside-starrocks-why-joins-are-faster-than-youd-expect
Inside StarRocks: Why Joins Are Faster Than You’d Expect
Jan 20, 2026
Seaven He
"StarRocks takes the opposite approach: keep data normalized and make joins fast enough to run on the fly.... This deep dive explains how StarRocks’ cost-based optimizer makes that possible"