Discord, on the Joy of Opinionated Systems
Mark Smith of Discord described the benefits of "opinionated systems;" systems providing strong indications of best practices. Talk from ScyllaDB Summit 2018.
Explaining The Postgres Meme
Have you seen this legendary SQL iceberg meme? Let's talk about it while wearing our PostgreSQL hat!
PostgreSQL at Scale: Database Schema Changes Without Downtime
Braintree Payments uses PostgreSQL as its primary datastore. We rely heavily on the data safety and consistency guarantees a traditional…
Time-series data: Why (and how) to use a relational database instead of NoSQL
Contrary to the belief of most developers, we show that relational databases can be made to scale for time-series data.
Domain Logic and SQL
A long-form article entitled: "Domain Logic and SQL"
Transactions
MongoDB 4.0 will add support for multi-document transactions, making it the only database to combine the speed, flexibility, and power of the document model with ACID guarantees. Through snapshot isolation, transactions will provide a globally consistent view of data, and enforce all-or-nothing execution to maintain data integrity.
MongoDB gets support for multi-document ACID transactions |…
MongoDB is finally getting support for multi-document ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) transactions. That’s something the MongoDB community has been asking for for years and…
High Performance MySQL
High Performance MySQL teaches you advanced techniques in depth so you can bring out MySQL's full power. Learn how to design schemas, indexes, queries, and advanced MySQL features for maximum perfo...
How Discord Stores Billions of Messages – Discord Blog
Discord continues to grow faster than we expected and so does our user-generated content. With more users comes more chat messages. In…