Tag Archives: database design

Concurrency Challenges Around Schema Changes

Posted on June 26, 2023 by way0utwest

I saw a great question on Twitter from Frank Pachot, a developer advocate of Yugabyte. He wrote: Without thinking how your preferred database deals with it, what do you expect if: session 1 starts to reads table T session 2 … Continue reading →

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Data Modeling Information

Posted on April 19, 2023 by way0utwest

Data modeling is something that we should all be doing when altering the schema in our databases. I’d like to think that most people spend time here, but I don’t think that’s the case. I think plenty of people think … Continue reading →

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Database Design for Tracking Solar Production

Posted on April 27, 2022 by way0utwest

We had a solar system installed at our house this year. I’m excited to see how this performs, as our estimates and research shows this ought to be a good financial decision for us over time. While the hardware that … Continue reading →

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Eyes Wide Open

Posted on August 30, 2021 by way0utwest

Not many of us work in startup environments, but many of us do work with new databases that are created for new applications. These might be carefully designed, thrown together, or your database might be constructed by an ORM. In … Continue reading →

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