In the realm of database management systems, performance is key. Two popular systems are MySQL, a traditional relational database, and MongoDB, a NoSQL document-based database. To gauge their efficiency, we orchestrated a benchmarking test on Amazon Web Services (AWS), utilizing MySQL on the Relational Database Service (RDS) and MongoDB on DocumentDB. The goal was to … Continue reading Database Performance: MySQL vs MongoDB
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A Systematic Approach to Enhancing User Experience
When solving problems in product experience, we deal with two main types: objective problems, which are clear and can be measured, and subjective problems, which depend on how each person sees them. Understanding the difference between these helps us find better solutions. The Tangible Terrain of Objective Problems Objective problems, like a glitch in an … Continue reading A Systematic Approach to Enhancing User Experience
Do you really need to have a cache over your database ??
Explore the critical decision of implementing a cache layer over your database in 'Do You Really Need to Have a Cache Over Your Database??' This post examines the trade-offs and complexities of caching, helping you determine when caching enhances performance and when it might unnecessarily complicate your architecture.
Choosing the Right AWS Solution for Stateful Services: A Practical Guide
Navigate through the vast landscape of AWS services to find the perfect fit for your stateful applications. This guide offers insights on selecting the right AWS solution, balancing cost, performance, and ease of management.
Understanding Stateful Services and Their Challenges
Delve into the world of stateful services, exploring the unique complexities they present. This blog post unpacks the intricacies of managing state in distributed systems, from consistency issues to scalability challenges.
Simplifying Product Design: Lessons from an Engineer’s Perspective
Discover practical insights for product design from an engineer's perspective. Learn the art of balancing simplicity and complexity to create user-friendly, adaptable solutions.
Introduction to Proxyview
Proxyview helps you to proxy HTTP Requests to all your internally deployed services on k8s pods or ec2 machines via a single endpoint.
API Best Practices
Learn about the design practices we followed and fixes we made to improve the page load performance of our product
Evaluating Product Architecture
Different dimensions for evaluating Product Architecture.
FREAD vs MMAP
In this blog post, we will understand the differences between MMAPs and READs system calls and its internals.
Systemic Issues and Me 