Consensus algorithms at scale: Part 5 - Handling races
In part 5 of our consensus algorithms series we discuss how we handle race conditions and forward progress requirements.
April 28, 2022
April 27, 2022
Convex vs. Relational Databases
Relational databases are powerful tools for persisting data, but using them to build interactive web apps requires a lot of work. A web app architecture built on a relational database is an entire cluster of databases, backends, caching nodes, and Pub/Sub servers. And even after you invest in all of that infrastructure you'll still need to explicitly define your database schema upfront and write cumbersome SQL queries.
At Convex we believe that web developers shouldn't have to worry about any of this. We can handle the servers, caching, and reactivity and you can focus on your product.
April 26, 2022
HTML event handler attributes: down the rabbit hole
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April 21, 2022
Convex vs. Firebase
On Cloud Firestore, you'll have to do some acrobatics to integrate with React and listen for realtime updates. Down the road, you'll find your app full of slow loading experiences from request waterfalls and your database full of half-committed mutations.
April 20, 2022
Works With Supabase - announcing our Partner Gallery
Introducing our Partner Gallery - open source and made with Supabase.
April 18, 2022
Bring the Func Hackathon Winners 2022
Celebrating many amazing OSS Hackathon projects using GraphQL and Edge Functions.
Looking ahead to Kafka Summit '22
Kafka pro’s and con’s for real-time streaming
April 17, 2022
Access Patterns for MySQL
Access patterns intrigue me because it seems that everyone knows what they are and talks about them, but there’s also very little written about them—in MySQL literature, at least. That’s why I set out to enumerate a list of access patterns (specific to MySQL). Since there’s no apparent standard for access patterns, I cannot say how my list measures up, but after spending most my career with MySQL, I know this: it is necessary to consider these access patterns when evaluating and improving MySQL performance. Simply put: you cannot ignore how the application accesses MySQL.
Interview With Phil of DataStation
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