Ben
databases @planetscale.com
- Talk with your database in plain English
- Reposted by Ben✨ It's new samwho visual essay o'clock! ✨ Reservoir sampling is one of my favourite algorithms. It allows you to sample from a set without knowing the size of that set. I try to assume no prior knowledge, and use no scary math notation. Just beautiful visuals. Let me know what you think! ❤️
- PlanetScale makes it easy to resize your database cluster, all with zero downtime. Let's take a look at how to tell if you need a resize, and how to do it in the app.
- Working on something new - but need your help! What are your favorite examples of using caching to solve problems at large scale? Small scale? Have any caching (horror) stories? I'm all ears.
- I benchmarked instance storage for EC2. Nitro, io2, gp3, and the older io1 and gp2 classes. Here's how they stack up. Where would you like your data to reside?
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- This is a huge unlock. We've made it possible to get your metrics out of PlanetScale and into Prometheus. You now have greater control over how you monitor your database and what tools you use.
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- Ghiblisort. Ok ok, it's just selection sort. But this has got to be the happiest version of selection sort you've ever seen, right?
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- Great hearing from @kelseyhightower.com and Eswar Bala at the AWS happy hour this evening in London for KubeCon EU. Good insights on the past and future of kubernetes.
- I spent the 3 weeks leading up to the planetscale metal launch benchmarking like a madman. The raw performance gains to be had from local aws nitro ssds is crazy. We're passing that performance directly on to our customers for blazing-fast DBs at a competitive price point.
- Some great lighting in the lounge this time of day.
- I spent 250+ hours over 6 months working on the IO devices article. Here's a little BTS 🧵detailing what goes into making an article like this, and how to use it to both educate + effectively market a product.
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- I implemented an ssd, hdd, and tape device. In javascript. For a blog.
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