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We can all dream about the day we beat the speed of light. But, yeah, "tradeoffs". Single instance, single-node DBMSs like PostgreSQL work well in the beginning. PostgreSQL is the …

CockroachDB is PostgreSQL compatible and is distributed SQL supporting single-region, multi-region and multi-cloud deployments.

The point about strong consistency and 2PC cross-shard is a good one. Even among other "auto-sharding" distributed relational databases, not all of them provide that.

So, you think that the 99.99% of businesses around the world who are not in the cloud hyperscaler business should all build their systems as if they had the engineering resources o…

If you're really confident that your SaaS application will only have that single workload (single table group-by) into perpetuity, it's a workable choice. But, that's a big bet aga…

That one was tried, among many others covered in the article.

When it comes to HTAP workloads, SingleStoreDB tackled that years ago and has been the leader in that category of workloads. In recent years, the product has expanded to handle bro…

Here is the database of your dreams: SingleStoreDB. https://www.singlestore.com/customers/fathom/

Try SingleStoreDB for the combined DynamoDB workloads and analytical workloads in a single database tech, see https://usefathom.com/blog/ditched-dynamodb

A rewarding read on a journey of database discovery. Brew another pot (of decaf).