Tag Archives: databases

An Out of Date CAP

Posted on October 21, 2015 by way0utwest

I was reading this piece from Martin Kleppmann asking us to stop using the CAP theorem to talk about distributed systems. It’s of interest to me because we often see this applied to databases, and it seems I’ve seen database platforms described … Continue reading →

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Serious Hacking

Posted on October 20, 2015 by way0utwest

There’s a piece that calls the US Office of Personal Management (OPM) data breach the biggest government hack ever. It might be, but give us a few months and I’m sure something will be bigger. After all, we constantly acquire more … Continue reading →

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The New DBA

Posted on June 29, 2015 by way0utwest

What does DBA mean? It’s traditionally meant Database Administrator for technologists. However it’s also been a synonym for a database developer, or even anyone that has raised privileges on a database system. The term has been expanded to people designing … Continue reading →

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The Rename Game

Posted on June 12, 2015 by way0utwest

As I’ve been talking about database development, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment, I keep hearing complaints and concerns about the problems that occur when we make database changes. In particular, I often hear about breaking changes made to databases, that … Continue reading →

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