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The 1000x faster financial database (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Revolutionizing Financial Database Design

This chapter explores the challenges and limitations of traditional SQL databases in processing financial transactions, emphasizing the need for a specialized transactional database. It shares a personal experience from a performance optimization project and highlights the significance of double entry accounting in creating systems capable of handling high-volume transactions effectively.

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