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Back to Basics: Tech Reflection Chronicles

Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The cost-cutting imperative has triggered a reevaluation of all technologies, including databases. This series critiques hot DB technologies and poses fundamental questions about their trade-offs: Are cloud databases, distributed databases, microservices, and containerization real needs or false hype? Read more

Are Microservices a Bad Idea?

Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Author: DHH (David Heinemeier Hansson) | Original: Even Amazon can’t make sense of serverless or microservices

Even Amazon’s SOA paradigm team admits microservices and Serverless have problems. Prime Video team switched to monolith, saving 90% operational costs. Read more

Database Cluster Management Concepts and Entity Naming Conventions

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Concepts and their naming are very important. Naming style reflects an engineer’s understanding of system architecture. Poorly defined concepts lead to communication confusion, while carelessly set names create unexpected additional burden. Therefore, they need careful design. Read more

PostgreSQL Common Replication Topology Plans

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Replication is one of the core issues in system architecture. Read more

UUID Properties, Principles and Applications

Sun, 06 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

UUID properties, principles and applications, and how to manipulate UUIDs using PostgreSQL stored procedures. Read more