31 articles
A benchmarked comparison of Turso, Neon, and PlanetScale covering latency, cold starts, throughput, branching workflows, pricing at scale, SQL compatibility, and Drizzle/Prisma integration.
A practical comparison of SQL and NoSQL databases. Covers MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, Cassandra, and Neo4j vs PostgreSQL with real trade-offs, code examples, and a decision framework for choosing the right database.
An in-depth exploration of whether a single VPS can support 100k users. Includes system design, caching strategies, database optimization, CDN usage, and bottleneck analysis with real examples.
A practical guide to time-series databases. Compare TimescaleDB, InfluxDB, Prometheus, and ClickHouse. Learn TSDB architecture, compression, downsampling, and when to upgrade from plain PostgreSQL.
A complete guide to PostgreSQL connection pooling with PgBouncer. Covers the process-per-connection model, pooling modes (session, transaction, statement), configuration, Kubernetes deployment patterns, and alternatives.
A practical guide to database sharding and partitioning in PostgreSQL. Covers range, list, and hash partitioning, consistent hashing, cross-shard queries, resharding, and when to choose each strategy.
A thorough comparison of Drizzle and Prisma for TypeScript developers. Covers schema definition, query syntax, serverless cold starts, edge runtime support, Prisma Accelerate, migrations, relation handling, transactions, and connection pooling.
A practical guide to ACID properties in PostgreSQL. Covers atomicity, consistency, isolation levels (Read Committed through Serializable), durability, and the anomalies each isolation level prevents.
A complete guide to PostgreSQL streaming replication. Covers WAL shipping, synchronous vs asynchronous modes, replica lag monitoring, failover with Patroni, and physical vs logical replication trade-offs.
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