Thanks to my colleague Ozair, who sent me a JIRA ticket saying “I need to drop that huge column, what are the consequences?” My first question was: how huge? That’s when the rabbit hole opened. It looks simple. It is simple. Just use the…
ASP.NET Core 2.3 will reach end of support on April 7, 2027. Learn what this means for your applications and how to upgrade to a modern supported version of .NET. The post ASP.NET Core 2.3 end of support announcement appeared first on .NET…
Read replicas fix read contention. They don't fix write throughput. Here's the mechanical reason why, and what actually changes the trajectory.

Madelyn Olson discusses the evolution of Valkey's data structures, moving away from "textbook" pointer-chasing HashMaps to more cache-aware designs. She explains the implementation of "Swedish" tables to maximize memory density. She shares…