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On 01/08/2016 17:01, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 3:16 AM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> > Check the link posted by Douglas. |
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>> > Ubers article has some misunderstandings about the architecture with |
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>> > conclusions drawn that are, at least also, caused by their database design and |
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>> > usage. |
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> I've read it. I don't think it actually alleges any misunderstandings |
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> about the Postgres architecture, but rather that it doesn't perform as |
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> well in Uber's design. I don't think it actually alleges that Uber's |
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> design is a bad one in any way. |
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He does also make the stinger at the end: |
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On 2013 Uber migrated FROM mysql TO postgres, and now in 2016 they |
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migrated FROM postgres TO Schemaless (with just happens to have InnoDB |
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as backend). |
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So the original article very much seems to have been written with a |
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skewed bias and wrong focus. That's bias as in "shifted to one side as |
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used in math" not bias as in "opinionated asshat beating some special drum" |
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