The Database Doctor
Musing about Databases

Tag: architecture

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Joins are NOT Expensive! - Part 1: Raw Reading

When talking about Data Lakes and how people access them - we must address some of the misconceptions that made them popular in the first place. One of the largest misconceptions is are I...

Greed vs Bravery Based Engineering

It is difficult to find words that accurately describe the cruelty, selfishness and outright evil on display from the White House these days. The guiding principle of Gordon Gekko: is...

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Coupling, Complexity, and Coding

Why is the IT industry obsessed with decoupling? Does breaking systems into smaller parts you can understand individually really make them easier to manage and scale? Today, we the of...

Factorio

To me, Factorio is the best game ever made. The craftsman in me admire its nearly bug free development cycle and smooth, highly optimised engine. It also has an incredibly balanced, and...

The Factorio Page

To me, Factorio is the best game ever made. The craftsman in me admire its nearly bug free development cycle and smooth, highly optimised engine. It also has an incredibly balanced, and...