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> Databases have been around for over 50 years. You might not think there’s anything left to innovate after all that time, but database fragmentation is one of

by Vanit 5y ago

> Databases have been around for over 50 years. You might not think there’s anything left to innovate after all that time, but database fragmentation is one of the fastest-developing verticals in the tech industry. The complexity that characterizes existing data infrastructures seems to be only getting worse. Maybe I'm just getting salty, but why is there filler in this article. This isn't a recipe for garlic bread.

manigandham 5y ago
It's a basic intro article to sharding for people who are new to databases in general.
cpach 5y ago
At least they didn’t go on to describe in 300 words how their grandma’s homegrown DB engine was the best DB engine of them all ;-)
- bryanrasmussen 5y ago
  Growing up on the lower east side I was always torn between playing stick ball with my boys, or running home to hear about my mom's latest exploits. My mom was really my hero, because even as she took her fight for data sanitation out into the world she never lost site of building pure and clean relational engines from the ground up. Really, my mom wasn't just my hero but a hero to all the kids in the district. Heck, almost every year we would spend days on the playground instead of the hated classroom thanks to her ingenuity! But the best part of any day was when I was down in the sandlot with Butchie, Achmed, and Patty and my mom's voice would call down from our open kitchen window where she was baking and optimizing throughput "Bobby Tables, please accept these cookies I made for you and your friends in order to have energy for playing!" That's why I am happy to share with you my mom's recipes for cookies and secure storage of cookie related acceptance data. on edit: should be lost sight not lost site but will let it stand because hah.
- rzzzt 5y ago
  It is a dark and gloomy Wednesday night. Colin steps out of his beat-up Corolla, with the rain relentlessly (but unsuccessfully) trying to dissolve his leather jacket. He's getting close to 30 and is always telling his friends that he will have a weekend house with a koi pond in the backyard some day, but they laugh in response -- who cares about fish these days? Things are getting complicated at work. The app he's been working on for the past few months turned out to be a hit, new subscribers are appearing at every moment; in short, business is booming! They even got a column in the local newspaper, getting high praise for both form and functionality. A problem presents itself when too many people are trying to use the app at the same time - it looks like the database software can not keep up with the demands of this immense crowd. An impromptu meeting is held, and Colin is tasked with coming up with a solution. Getting closer to the front door, he thinks to himself, "How can we handle this incredible volume of traffic when it reaches the database cluster?", but his thoughts soon drift off again.
pwdisswordfish9 5y ago
The Overflow is a spam blog. That’s not even the worst of it: <https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/412989/ https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/412989/>
hkt 5y ago
Recipes should probably not have filler either (unless it is a recipe for pie)

by Vanit 5y ago

manigandham 5y ago

It's a basic intro article to sharding for people who are new to databases in general.

cpach 5y ago

At least they didn’t go on to describe in 300 words how their grandma’s homegrown DB engine was the best DB engine of them all ;-)

bryanrasmussen 5y ago
Growing up on the lower east side I was always torn between playing stick ball with my boys, or running home to hear about my mom's latest exploits. My mom was really my hero, because even as she took her fight for data sanitation out into the world she never lost site of building pure and clean relational engines from the ground up. Really, my mom wasn't just my hero but a hero to all the kids in the district. Heck, almost every year we would spend days on the playground instead of the hated classroom thanks to her ingenuity! But the best part of any day was when I was down in the sandlot with Butchie, Achmed, and Patty and my mom's voice would call down from our open kitchen window where she was baking and optimizing throughput "Bobby Tables, please accept these cookies I made for you and your friends in order to have energy for playing!" That's why I am happy to share with you my mom's recipes for cookies and secure storage of cookie related acceptance data. on edit: should be lost sight not lost site but will let it stand because hah.
rzzzt 5y ago
It is a dark and gloomy Wednesday night. Colin steps out of his beat-up Corolla, with the rain relentlessly (but unsuccessfully) trying to dissolve his leather jacket. He's getting close to 30 and is always telling his friends that he will have a weekend house with a koi pond in the backyard some day, but they laugh in response -- who cares about fish these days? Things are getting complicated at work. The app he's been working on for the past few months turned out to be a hit, new subscribers are appearing at every moment; in short, business is booming! They even got a column in the local newspaper, getting high praise for both form and functionality. A problem presents itself when too many people are trying to use the app at the same time - it looks like the database software can not keep up with the demands of this immense crowd. An impromptu meeting is held, and Colin is tasked with coming up with a solution. Getting closer to the front door, he thinks to himself, "How can we handle this incredible volume of traffic when it reaches the database cluster?", but his thoughts soon drift off again.

pwdisswordfish9 5y ago

The Overflow is a spam blog. That’s not even the worst of it: <https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/412989/ https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/412989/>

hkt 5y ago

Recipes should probably not have filler either (unless it is a recipe for pie)