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Cassandra Summit 2012 Highlights
I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to speak at the Cassandra World Summit 2012 on August 8 in Santa Clara. It was an amazing opportunity to share with the community the types of things that SimpleReach does with Cassandra. Not only that, I learned a lot about the roadmap and got to put…
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What’s So Great About Cassandra’s Composite Columns?
There are a lot of things I really like about Cassandra. But one thing in particular I like in creating a schema is having access to composite columns (read about composite columns and their origins here on Datastax’s blog). Let’s start simple with explaining a composite columns and then we can dive right into why…
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Pros and Cons of Redis-Resque and SQS
As with any system or application, there are upsides and downsides to using them. The two queueing systems that I want to explore are Resque and Amazon’s Simple Queuing Service. Resque is essentially a set of queuing APIs that run on Redis. Redis is an in-memory data store and is what actually handles the queues.…
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Continuous Learning in Teams
One of the most important things in a startup is having a great culture. More often than not, the team will spend more time working and talking with each other than with their family or significant others (scary thought, but yes, it’s probably true). And I don’t want to harp on the importance of culture…
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Choosing a Product By Roadmap
There are a lot of reasons to choose a specific technology. You can decide based on what skills you or the engineers around you have. You can decide on a new technology because it’s the right tool. But there are times when all other things are equal and the flip of a coin would suffice.…
