relational – Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.

What I Read: ScyllaDB

By Andrew Fairless on April 10, 2025January 1, 2025

https://medium.com/@abdurohman/mind-blowing-postgresql-meets-scylladbs-lightning-speed-and-monstrous-scalability-7dcda1eb1cea Mind-blowing: PostgreSQL Meets ScyllaDB’s Lightning Speed and Monstrous ScalabilityAbdurohmanDecember 24, 2024 “While PostgreSQL excels in many use cases, our experience shows that for write-heavy, high-scale operations, the distributed architectureContinue readingWhat I Read: ScyllaDB

What I Read: Declarative Data Stack

By Andrew Fairless on March 11, 2025November 17, 2024

https://www.rilldata.com/blog/the-rise-of-the-declarative-data-stack The Rise of the Declarative Data StackSimon SpätiOctober 16, 2024 “But what does this shift towards declarative data stacks mean? How does it change how we build and manageContinue readingWhat I Read: Declarative Data Stack

What I Read: PostgreSQL

By Andrew Fairless on July 23, 2024May 24, 2024

https://ottertune.com/blog/the-part-of-postgresql-we-hate-the-most The part of PostgreSQL we hate the mostBohan Zhang | Andy PavloApr 26, 2023 “But as much as we love PostgreSQL at OtterTune, certain aspects of it are notContinue readingWhat I Read: PostgreSQL

What I Read: Key-Value Databases

By Andrew Fairless on December 5, 2022October 20, 2022

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2021/04/nosql-explained-understanding-key-value-databases.html Key-Value Databases, ExplainedBy Alex Williams, Hosting Data UK on October 4, 2022 in SQL “Among the four big NoSQL database types, key-value stores are probably the most popular onesContinue readingWhat I Read: Key-Value Databases

What I Read: Data Engineers, What’s the profession about

By Andrew Fairless on December 1, 2022October 20, 2022

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2022/10/11-questions-data-engineers-profession-heading.html 11 Questions About Data Engineers: What’s the profession about, and where’s it heading?I hope my answers will be useful to novice data engineers and anyone interested in data engineering.ByContinue readingWhat I Read: Data Engineers, What’s the profession about

What I Read: Against SQL

By Andrew Fairless on September 1, 2021August 17, 2021

https://scattered-thoughts.net/writing/against-sql/ Against SQLJamie BrandonLast updated 2021-07-09 “The core message that I want people to take away is that there is potentially a huge amount of value to be unlocked byContinue readingWhat I Read: Against SQL

What I Read: Understanding Key-Value Databases

By Andrew Fairless on April 29, 2021April 10, 2021

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2021/04/nosql-explained-understanding-key-value-databases.html NoSQL Explained: Understanding Key-Value DatabasesBy Alex Williams, Hosting Data UK “Among the four big NoSQL database types, key-value stores are probably the most popular ones due to their simplicityContinue readingWhat I Read: Understanding Key-Value Databases

What I Read: Developers Databases

By Andrew Fairless on December 21, 2020December 9, 2020

https://medium.com/@rakyll/things-i-wished-more-developers-knew-about-databases-2d0178464f78 Things I Wished More Developers Knew About DatabasesJaana B. DoganApr 21 “In data-heavy systems, databases are at the core of system design goals and tradeoffs…. I’m sharing a fewContinue readingWhat I Read: Developers Databases

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