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Re: How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data - Bret Taylor's blog

qu1j0t3 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:00:13 -0000

Answered above ^^

Re: How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data - Bret Taylor's blog

qu1j0t3 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:58:32 -0000

As others have pointed out, MySQL stands up pretty well as a key value store; not only in raw performance, but in maturity and supporting infrastructure. Makes more sense the more one thinks about it.

Re: How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data - Bret Taylor's blog

qu1j0t3 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:55:08 -0000

Mind defining "filesystem databases"? Do you mean the traditional key-value stores such as BDB that might have been contemporary with your anecdote? Running a web site on BDB would have been radical, not to mention blog-worthy, in 1997.

It should be remembered that end of 90's/early 00's was the period that saw MySQL gain ground in this very niche, and retain hold of it to the point that it now powers all major web properties (including, according to this article, FriendFeed).

Re: How FriendFeed uses MySQL to store schema-less data - Bret Taylor's blog

qu1j0t3 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:43:41 -0000

Long keys are inefficient to store and handle. A primary key over 8 bytes is usually hard to justify; a 725-character key (under normal circumstances) defies common sense. Its use here indicates a denormalised schema.

Furthermore with InnoDB, a long PK is a liability where secondary keys are used, as in such keys the PK value is used to reference the row.

Re: Upset at Apple?

qu1j0t3 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:12:27 -0000

You don't think The Steve Jobs *just might* have had mobile applications in mind in 2005?? Let's remember the iPod touch and iPhone run OS X itself. I'd say the preparation for that considerably predates the release of 10.4. :)

Mr Jobs doesn't *do* hindsight. He's most likely working on what you'll be using in 2015.

Re: Upset at Apple?

krarick — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:58:49 -0000

Obvious in hindsight, maybe, but I think what Palm did was both gutsy and clever.

Re: Upset at Apple?

qu1j0t3 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:50:03 -0000

they invented HTML-CSS-Javascript-based phone apps

Well, they basically did. Apple standardised the Widget framework for JS+HTML+CSS applications, including an IDE (Dashcode), and released it in 2005. The OS X Dashboard (10.4 and later) runs them and it was an obvious step to make the same runtime work on mobile devices.

Re: The NoSQL's need to engage the DBA’s

qu1j0t3 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:30:07 -0000

Time was, it wasn't going to get adoption until Microsoft productised it.

Perhaps we're finally leaving that sad era. But if non-R DBMS catch more mainstream attention, I am sure they'll wake up and do a Zune. (Note they already jumped on the functional bandwagon with F#, LINQ.)

Re: Fwd: Scorching hot Startup Needs Scalability Sorcerer and Optimization Freak

Scoundrel — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:39:07 -0000

It could be either remote or in Toronto (afaik)

Re: Fwd: Scorching hot Startup Needs Scalability Sorcerer and Optimization Freak

qu1j0t3 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:32:51 -0000

Where is this job located?