Category: DevOps

Published on 12 July

SQL vs NoSQL Performance: Where One Outperforms the Other

By Alexander FO , In Backend, DevOps

NoSQL databases have taken the world by storm in recent years. What started as a niche phenomenon grew to rival the popularity of the “old” SQL relational databases. However, relational databases still have their use cases and are not going to disappear anytime soon. In this post, I’ll discuss the differences between SQL and NoSQL databases and do an analysis of their respective performance. Lastly, I’ll give a list of use cases for which one is better than the other and vice versa. What Are SQL Databases? SQL databases, or relational databases, …

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Published on 27 April

Column-Oriented Database Examples: A Helpful List

By Alexander FO , In Backend, DevOps, Misc, Software Architecture

Column-oriented databases have seen a resurgence in interest in recent years. The first column-oriented databases appeared decades ago. However, they have never gained a lot of traction in the market. In recent years, though, big data and cloud computing spurred a new interest in these types of databases. The reason for this is that the unique implementation of columnar databases fits surprisingly well into the workloads and applications run in cloud computing. More on this below. In this post I’ll discuss the following: What are column-oriented databases? How do they differ from …

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Published on 15 July

How to Facilitate a DevOps Culture in Your Organization

By Alexander FO , In DevOps

DevOps has taken the world by storm in recent years. The job boards, forums, Facebook groups, etc. are all exploding with DevOps positions, DevOps tools and DevOps events. This post is about best practices in facilitating a DevOps culture in your organization. It’s easier to do your job as a DevOps expert when everyone are on board. DevOps Best Practices for facilitating a DevOps culture in your organization Best practice #1 – get the management team on board You certainly know your craft well: you can deploy CI/CI Jenkins pipelines with your …

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