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Best ideas from H2 2021
Best ideas from the second half of 2021
Alexey Makhotkin
Feb 15
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Migrations: migrating attributes, pt. V
Last four steps of our 10-step procedure are described here.
Alexey Makhotkin
Feb 8
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Organizational scalability and flexible database schemas (pt. II)
Why do people love flexible database schemas?
Alexey Makhotkin
Feb 1
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The course: How to make sense of typical database
This spring, I’m going to organize a Zoom course on how to make sense of typical databases, relational and not.
Alexey Makhotkin
Jan 18
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Flexible database schemas
The design space of flexible database schemas, driving forces behind them, and the underlying similarities between traditional relational design and…
Alexey Makhotkin
Dec 16, 2021
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Migrations: migrating attributes, pt. IV
Step 5: read attribute values from both old and new storage.
Alexey Makhotkin
Dec 1, 2021
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Modeling pairs and tuples
Monetary amounts and geo coordinates are examples of pair-typed attribute values.
Alexey Makhotkin
Nov 23, 2021
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Migrations: migrating attributes, pt. III
Step 4: bulk incremental sync of attribute values from old to new storage; golden cage of convenience.
Alexey Makhotkin
Nov 9, 2021
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Migrations: migrating attributes, pt. II
Step 2: Implementing cross-checking tool; Step 3: Enabling double-writing of attribute values.
Alexey Makhotkin
Oct 26, 2021
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Migrations: migrating attributes, pt. I
Ten-step guide to migrating an attribute to a different physical representation.
Alexey Makhotkin
Oct 13, 2021
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Handling time with supersecond resolution
There are interesting use-cases of handling time with the resolution of more than a second: minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, quarters and years.
Alexey Makhotkin
Sep 21, 2021
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Migrations: Getting rid of anchors is awesome
Part 6: Getting rid of an anchor is an important symbolic gesture.
Alexey Makhotkin
Sep 15, 2021
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