Retrofitting a Foundation for CouchDB
Explore CouchDB's adoption of FoundationDB as its core persistence layer, discussing rationale, progress, comparisons, and insights from a decade of open-source database development.
Docker and AWS - Let's Talk
Explore Docker integration with AWS, covering Kubernetes, ECS, container insights, scaling, and best practices for efficient cloud-native development.
Unleashing Chaos and Breaking Containers
Explore chaos engineering principles and practices for container reliability through live demonstrations, failure injections, and success metrics.
Flow - An Introduction
Explore Flow, an actor-based C++ language for I/O-heavy concurrent software. Learn to write actors, understand underlying code, and avoid common pitfalls in this FoundationDB-specific language.
FoundationDB Record Layer - Open Source Structured Storage on FoundationDB
Open-source library for structured data storage on FoundationDB, offering schema management, indexing, and query features. Designed for multi-tenant cloud environments and used in Apple's CloudKit.
NuGraph - GraphDB as a Cloud Service Built Upon JanusGraph and FoundationDB
Explore eBay's NuGraph, a high-performance GraphDB cloud service built on JanusGraph and FoundationDB, designed for secure, real-time business insights from massive datasets.
Using FoundationDB and the FDB Record Layer to Build CloudKit
Explore how FoundationDB and FDB Record Layer enhance CloudKit's capabilities, focusing on advanced indexing, scalable synchronization, and improved reliability for Apple's cloud storage system.
FoundationDB Roadmap - Past and Future
Explore FoundationDB's recent developments, ongoing projects, and future plans, including data distribution, scaling improvements, and new storage engines.
Rearchitecting CouchDB Secondary Indexes on Top of FoundationDB
Explore the architectural redesign of CouchDB's secondary indexes on FoundationDB, focusing on data models, global state management, sorting, and Apache Lucene integration for improved performance and consistency.
FoundationDB and Node.js - Year in Production
Explore building scalable apps with FoundationDB and Node.js, featuring distributed locks, work queues, and entity layers. Learn from real-world production experience in messaging app development.
Avoiding Conflicts in Highly-Concurrent Applications
Learn techniques to minimize conflicts in highly-concurrent systems using FoundationDB features. Explore atomic operations, snapshot reads, and version stamps through practical examples like implementing auto-incrementing keys and high-contention queues.
The JanusGraph FoundationDB Storage Adapter
Explore JanusGraph's new FoundationDB storage adapter, adding distributed ACID support. Learn about property graph models, read/write patterns, and how FoundationDB addresses JanusGraph challenges.
Cross-Region Replication Options with FoundationDB
Explore FoundationDB's cross-region replication options, including disaster recovery, policy-based replication, and multi-region tradeoffs for improved resilience and performance.
State of the FoundationDB Community
Overview of FoundationDB's current state, community projects, and processes, highlighting interesting deployments and collaborations in the open-source database ecosystem.
Sync is the Future of Mobile Data
Explore the future of mobile data synchronization using NoSQL document models for offline-capable applications. Learn implementation techniques and contribute to open-source projects in this field.
Designing Cypher - A Graph Query Language
Explore the journey of designing Cypher, a graph query language for Neo4j. Learn about language design principles, implementation challenges, and lessons learned in creating a specialized yet expressive tool.
The Hows and Whys of a Distributed SQL Database
Explore the evolution of databases and dive into distributed SQL systems, focusing on CockroachDB's design choices for scalability, consistency, and high availability.
Build Nodejs APIs Using Serverless on Azure
Discover how to migrate an API to Azure Functions, using Visual Studio Code and Azure Functions extension to streamline development and join the ranks of serverless developers.
Life Beyond Distributed Transactions - An Apostate's Implementation
Explore coordination strategies for distributed systems without transactions. Learn implementation techniques using Azure services and real-world examples for robust, scalable enterprise solutions.
A Skeptics Guide to Graph Databases
Explore the pros and cons of graph databases, learn when to use them effectively, and understand their potential pitfalls in solving real-world problems.
Practical Chaos Engineering - Breaking Things on Purpose to Make Them More Resilient Against Failure
Learn to implement chaos engineering on AWS, revealing system failures before they become outages. Discover tools and methods for injecting failures to enhance architecture resilience.