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The 1000x faster financial database (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Revolutionizing Database Performance

This chapter explores the groundbreaking development of the Tiger Beetle database, which aims to enhance transaction performance by 1000 times compared to traditional systems. It discusses innovations in query design, concurrency control, and specialized data structures tailored for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP). The conversation also examines the challenges and reliability concerns of migrating to modern databases in e-commerce environments, along with the evolution of testing methodologies in building robust distributed systems.

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