Yea i think i read this last time we crossed paths! I think this also was a good list of SingleStore features from a "build from scratch" angle which I love, but still lacks real numbers/examples. like is the secret to HTAP really "build a transactional DB with a column store?
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Modern Database Architecture: What Engineers Need to Know
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the @SingleStoreDB folks are very patiently schooling me on what goes into a modern db. they are great if you want a high level map to "know what you don't know". from @DomenicRavita
: https://
singlestore.com/blog/the-recip
e-for-a-singlestore-database/
… from @carlsverre
: https://
singlestore.com/blog/engineers
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Snowpark as ORM for Data Pipelines: Abstraction Tradeoffs
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right. but ORMs still useful until you get to the scale where the perf matters, and then you can drop down a lvl of abstraction? now that i'm in the data pipelines world, you've suddenly got me thinking if Snowflake's Snowpark is an ORM… https://
docs.snowflake.com/en/developer-g
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ORM Impedance Mismatch: Beyond Standard Database Challenges
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"what ORM inflicts on them" is this referencing standard impedance mismatch or is there a bigger pain that i'm unaware of?
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More Things Are Databases Than You Think
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Lots more things Are Database than you think – Git
– Datadog: 800 db's in a UI trenchcoat
– Temporal: basically Stored Procedures
– Notion: vaguely remember @sliminality
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Signs You’ve Accidentally Built A Database
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I have a draft titled "Signs You Have Accidentally Built A Database" which outlines the many many many things app developers end up doing when they Don't Know Database and end up compensating for it with poor UX, bug reports, downright ugly and untested app code
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Two Core Value Props in Verticalized Tech: Data Schema and Storage
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i'm basically Erik on a 15 year time delay https://
x.com/bernhardsson/s
tatus/1493593885532168193
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Bootcamp Grads and Database Abstraction: The Full Stack Paradox
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Perhaps my real hot take is that databases are the CS grads abstracting away all the Hard Problems so that us bootcamp grads can cosplay being "full stack" with literally 1 day of SQL experience before getting hired to make 6 figures making rectangles on server vs on client
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Why Every Developer Should Learn Database Systems
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Convinced that all devs should work on a database as part of training. Ever joked about DataStructures & Algorithms only being useful at interviews? Work on a DB Ever wondered why {{ FAVE_APP }} is slow? Probably a DB Prefer compilers? allow me to introduce query planners..
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Twitter Product Fails After Four Days of Launch
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hoo boy… it only took 4 days to break! congrats on making it someone else's problem just as twitter moved into move fast break things mode…