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A Crash Course in Database Scaling Strategies

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Databases form the backbone of modern application development. They play a vital role in storing, managing, and retrieving data, enabling applications and services to function effectively. As applicat...

How to grow data

Towards Data Science

Data is a vital asset, but how do you grow it? There are four stages: buy, integrate, instrument and design.

Categories of Databases — A Primer

Analytics Vidhya

This is not a guide for choosing which Database you need. This is a guide for you to choose which Category of Database you need. Before choosing a Database you should know which category of Database…

Evolving a Database Schema

Better Programming

I have written in the past about trunk-based-development. I have read what others write about it too. The proverbial elephant in the room, speaking of trunks, is the database. A code change quite…

Alembicizing an Existing MySQL Database

Level Up Coding

Alembic is a Python tool that offers hassle-free database migrations. The library, in essence, takes snapshots of a database’s structure… Continue reading on Level Up Coding

Databases

Full Stack Python

Relational databases serve the critical role of persisting data in many Python applications.

EP114: 7 Must-know Strategies to Scale Your Database

ByteByteGo Newsletter

This week’s system design refresher: 7 must-know strategies to scale your database How do we retry on failures? Reddit’s Core Architecture What is the best way to learn SQL? Everything You Need to Kno...

A developer’s guide to understand the basics of database scaling

Towards Data Science

Let's look at how Database sharding and replication can provide a highly reliable and performant database system that can withstand a scale of millions.

4 Practices to Plan a Large-scale Data Migration

Better Programming

What I learned from migrating 25 billion records Continue reading on Better Programming

The 5 Most Effective Strategies to Limit Your Database Costs

Level Up Coding

Your manager reached out to you, asking what we could do about the costs of the data warehouse but not sacrifice costs. The cost of a data warehouse is warranted but sometimes we are making data…

Arm yourself to select your first database

Towards Data Science

You have no computer science background and would like to better understand how data infrastructure can affect your business or your data analytical projects? This article should lift the veil on…

Top Databases to Use in 2022: What is The Right Database for Your Use Case?

Towards Data Science

Here’s everything you need to know about databases Continue reading on Towards Data Science

Database Normalization

Towards Data Science

“Data” is at the core of every software application. Hence, the success and usability of any software are highly dependent on how the data has been organized. There can be multiple ways to organize…

The Future of Databases

Towards Data Science

Three and a half years ago, when I wrote “ All databases are multi-model ” I was taking a real stab in the dark. I had just started FactEngine and had a vision that every database could be seen as a g...

A Crash Course in Database Sharding

ByteByteGo Newsletter

As an application grows in popularity, it attracts more active users and incorporates additional features. This growth leads to a daily increase in data generation, which is a positive indicator from ...

Querying Databases

Towards Data Science

In the quest of every aspiring data scientist to get a job, there comes a point where they must master database querying. If you begin your journey with SQL instead of a programming language like…

Database

Codecademy

A database is a collection of structured information stored so it can be easily accessed and updated. In a computer system, databases are commonly accessed through a database management system, referr...

Database Concerns in Large System Design

Level Up Coding

While we design a large scale system, the database is one of the core parts we have to take into consideration. Designing the table scheme is not just what we are looking for. We may have to spend…

The Art of Building Flexible and Analyzable Databases for the Future

Javarevisited

Advocating for Modular Design in Database ArchitectureThe modular design approach in database architecture is pivotal for creating systems that are both flexible and future-proof. By dividing the data...

An Exploration of Database Management

Towards Data Science

Database management has many nuances that can determine the difference between an efficient database and an unstructured data repository. One of the main purposes of indexing is to reduce the number…

To Scale To The Future: Goodbye SQL?

Better Programming

Say hello to NoSQL Photo by Rubaitul Azad on Unsplash SQL (Structured Query Language) is one of the oldest programming languages and has done us well. It was created in 1974 and is more than 49 years...

Choose the Right Database Model & Free Your Data from Spreadsheets

Towards Data Science

You’ve outgrown Excel: how to select between a relational, document, or graph database and be prepared for what’s next Continue reading on Towards Data Science

Embracing Elegance in Database Design: Navigating SQL Data Redundancy

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Today, we’re diving deep into the enchanting realm of SQL databases to explore a common challenge that has haunted many a developer and database administrator: the dreaded data redundancy.Imagine havi...

8 Techniques To Speed up Your Database

Better Programming

Almost all web services for end-users have the need to store data. Almost all of them store them in a database. And quite a lot use a relational database like PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, or MSSQL…