
- Topics
- JRuby,
- Rhino,
- Ruby,
- JVM Languages,
- Cassandra,
- Java,
- Sharding,
- Dynamic Languages,
- QCon San Francisco 2011,
- MySQL,
- GarbageCollection,
- BigTable,
- NoSQL,
- Database Design,
- Compilers,
- Languages,
- Open Source,
- Clustering & Caching,
- QCon,
- Relational Databases,
- Asynchronous Architecture,
- Programming,
- Database,
- Infrastructure,
- Conferences,
- Performance & Scalability,
- Redis
Attila Szegedi talks about performance tuning Java and Scala programs at Twitter: how to approach GC problems, the importance of asynchronous I/O, when to use MySQL/Cassandra/Redis, and much more.

- Topics
- MongoDB,
- Sharding,
- Distributed Document Oriented Database,
- Use Cases,
- Strange Loop 2010,
- Strange Loop,
- Database Design,
- NoSQL,
- Project Management,
- Architecture,
- Agile,
- Performance & Scalability,
- Conferences,
- Database
Roger Bodamer provides advice on scaling out MongoDB using replica sets and auto-sharding, plus tips for database deployment and scaling use cases.
- Topics
- SQL Azure,
- Windows Azure,
- Sharding,
- Azure,
- PaaS,
- Platforms,
- .NET,
- Database Design,
- Cloud Computing,
- Database,
- Node.js,
- Programming
Windows Azure team announced major updates including support for Node.js, better scalability for SQL Azure through Federation and higher individual DB Size limits (upto 150 GB), a limited preview for Hadoop and more.