AWS Database Options: Which Are Best for Your Needs? Jeff Cogswell, April 17, 2020 7 min read Data development is no small part of your typical cloud application, and the choice of which database type and...
JavaScript Still King; Everyone Hates Visual Basic Nate Swanner, March 23, 2017 3 min read JavaScript still king. Developers tend to have their favorite languages and tools, but some things will also scare...
Case Study: A Slowdown in Software David Bolton, January 12, 2017 9 min read One of my clients in London operates a taxi firm and uses a proprietary system developed quite a few years ago to...
Choosing PostgreSQL Over MySQL, MariaDB David Bolton, December 3, 2015 7 min read Check out this recent chart from Google Trends, which shows interest in PostgreSQL largely holding steady over the...
Is MongoDB Really Superior to MySQL? Jeff Cogswell, July 13, 2015 6 min read When MongoDB came out six years ago, the NoSQL fad was in full swing. Rather than rely on a table-based relational...
Interview Qs for MySQL DBAs and Developers Leslie Stevens-Huffman, January 30, 2015 7 min read The popularity of the MySQL open-source database platform is on the rise. But professionals who fail to convey a solid...
How Reactive Can Beat Conventional Procedural Programming Myra Thomas, January 24, 2014 1 min read In a post on Slashdot, Val Huber, CTO at Espresso Logic in Santa Clara, Calif., did a comparison of Reactive...
How Is Reactive Different From Procedural Programming? Val Huber, January 13, 2014 6 min read A recent post on Reactive Programming triggered discussions about what is and isn’t considered Reactive Logic. In...
IBM and Pivotal Will Collaborate on Cloud Foundry Nick Kolakowski, July 24, 2013 3 min read IBM and Pivotal will collaborate on the open-source Cloud Foundry PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) platform. Cloud...
MariaDB vs. MySQL: A Comparison Jeff Cogswell, May 22, 2013 14 min read The MariaDB Blog's performance test. MariaDB is a fork of the MySQL source code, split off in the wake of concerns...
