How sharding a database can make it faster
Sharding was one of the first ways databases were distributed to improve performance. Recent innovations have made it one of the best.
Podcast 383: A database built for a firehose
In this episode, we chat with Stephen Goldberg and Kyle Bernhardy from HarperDB. Their startup was born of the firehose of Twitter data during sporting events, and now they have a database designed to scale well for real-time data. Show notes HarperDB is a startup that focuses on highly scalable databases that handle real-time data. …
Have the tables turned on NoSQL?
NoSQL was the next big thing in system architecture in 2011, but overall interest in it has plateaued recently. What is NoSQL, what does it have to do with modern development, and is it worth implementing in your project?
Improve database performance with connection pooling
We tend to rely on caching solutions to improve database performance. Caching frequently-accessed queries in memory or via a database can optimize write/read performance and reduce network latency, especially for heavy-workload applications, such as gaming services and Q&A portals. But you can further improve performance by pooling users’ connections to a database. Client users need…
Podcast: A chat with MongoDB’s CTO, Eliot Horowitz
A small group of four people wrote the code that kicked off what is now a massive business. Hear the story from CTO Eliot Horowitz.
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