SQLite in 2026: Why Serious Apps Are Choosing It Over Postgres

For two decades, SQLite was the database you used in tests, mobile apps, and quick prototypes — and then swapped…

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Uniting APIs and Databases for Seamless Connectivity

In today’s digital landscape, the demand for fast, reliable, and scalable applications has never been higher. Behind the scenes, most…

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Spring Boot & Databases: The Perfect Match (No More Struggles!)

Let’s face it, building applications is exciting! But the moment you need to connect your shiny Spring Boot app to…

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Taming the Data Deluge: Why Databases and SQL Are Essential

In today’s digital world, data is king. It fuels everything from social media feeds to scientific discoveries. But with this…

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Quick Guide to YugabyteDB

Hello. In this quick guide, we will explore the key features and concepts of YugabyteDB, along with some practical use…

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Latency of DigitalOcean Spaces vs AWS S3

WakaTime’s infra is split across DigitalOcean and AWS. We use DigitalOcean Droplets for compute resources, AWS S3 to store code stats, and DigitalOcean Spaces for backups. You can find…

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Using a disk-based Redis clone to reduce AWS S3 bill

Redis is an in-memory database with very high write and read speed, and a limitation that data sets can’t be larger…

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Saving JetBrains MPS models in a database using Modelix

JetBrains MPS is our tool of choice to build Domain Specific Languages targeting professionals who are not developers. MPS is…

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My Advice To Developers About Working With Databases: Make It Secure

Last month Ben Brumm asked me for the one advice I’d like to give to developers that are working with…

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