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These are just sessions (e.g. session cookies). The arguments against using database-stored sessions are generally brought up in the context of microservices or
by ghayes 5y ago
These are just sessions (e.g. session cookies). The arguments against using database-stored sessions are generally brought up in the context of microservices or decentralized systems where that service/machine that keeps track of sessions becomes a bottleneck/single point of failure for a much larger system.
- jiggawatts 5y agoSession tokens are easy to shard / partition to any number of machines. Just use a random identifier like a GUID. Allocate IDs to machines using either the prefix or any one of the scalable hashing algorithms.
- RedShift1 5y agoBut that's boring technology that has worked for decades. We don't want that. /s