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Saqib Ameen Subhan

14 years running databases in production. MongoDB Community Creator 2024. Currently writing "Tales from Production" - real incidents, honest tradeoffs, no engagement bait.

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In Cassandra, a delete is a write (and reads pay for it)
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In Cassandra, a delete is a write (and reads pay for it)

#cassandra #database #performance #distributed
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How to delete 2TB from a live MongoDB cluster without anyone noticing
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How to delete 2TB from a live MongoDB cluster without anyone noticing

#mongodb #operations #performance #database
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I take down a healthy primary on purpose. You should too.
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I take down a healthy primary on purpose. You should too.

#mongodb #highavailability #sre #database
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"The write was acknowledged" means less than you think
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"The write was acknowledged" means less than you think

#mongodb #database #reliability #distributed
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cannot index parallel arrays, the MongoDB error that improves your schema
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cannot index parallel arrays, the MongoDB error that improves your schema

#mongodb #indexing #datamodeling #database
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The explain plan I read before the CEO called back!
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The explain plan I read before the CEO called back!

#mongodb #performance #indexing #database
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