The ultimate MySQL database platform

• ClickHouse: It's a high performance columnar database that's great for real time queries. It enables querying and storing large amounts of data on commodity hardware. Some of my customers have millions of page views and I don't have an unlimited budget, so it's been very handy.


• PostgreSQL: My favorite database. Sane defaults, battle-tested, and well

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Eventually their database became a ticking time bomb ready to explode at any moment. The first instinct might be to beef up their Postgres instance, like me trying to get big at the gym. But there are physical limits to how much you can scale a single machine before costs increase exponentially. Moreover, query performance and maintenance processes

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