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Data on the Outside versus Data on the Inside
Data kept outside SQL has different characteristics from data kept inside.
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The Best Place to Build a Subway
Building projects despite (and because of) existing complex systems.
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Space Time Discontinuum
Combining data from many sources may cause painful delays.
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Write Amplification vs. Read Perspiration
The trade-offs between write and read.
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Extract, Shoehorn, and Load
Data doesn't always fit nicely into a new home.
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Identity by Any Other Name
The complex cacophony of intertwined systems.
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Mind Your State for Your State of Mind
The interactions between storage and applications can be complex and subtle.
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Consistently Eventual
For many data items, the work never settles on a value.
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XML and JSON Are Like Cardboard
Cardboard surrounds and protects stuff as it crosses boundaries.
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Side Effects, Front and Center
One system's side effect is another's meat and potatoes.
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The Power of Babble
Expect to be constantly and pleasantly befuddled.
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The Singular Success of SQL
SQL has a brilliant future as a major figure in the pantheon of data representations.
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Standing on Distributed Shoulders of Giants
Farsighted physicists of yore were danged smart!
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Immutability Changes Everything
We need it, we can afford it, and the time is now.
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Condos and Clouds
Constraints in an environment empower the services.
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Idempotence Is Not a Medical Condition
Messages may be retried. Idempotence means that's OK.
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