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    Nati Shalom

    natishalom.typepad.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2008

    Blog by Nati Shalom on scalability, databases, caching, and architecture, with Twitter as a recurring case study.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters include it in a list of recommended technical blogs, without comment on specific posts.

    Stats for nerds
    22HN people shared it
    25linked in comments
    78story points
    Jun 2012last shared

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      Designing a Scalable Twitter
      1 person · 14 points · first shared 2009 · 6 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Why Existing Databases (RAC) are So Breakable
      1 person · 13 points · first shared 2009 · 7 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Scale-out vs Scale-up
      2 people · 9 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    4. 4
      Scaling Out MySQL
      1 person · 7 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Twitter as a scalability case study
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2008 · Discussion on HN
    6. 6
      No to SQL? Anti-database movement gains steam - My Take
      1 person · 4 points · first shared 2009 · Discussion on HN
    7. 7
      Using SSD As A Foundation For New Generations Of Flash Databases
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2014 · Discussion on HN
    8. 8
      Marrying memcached and NoSQL
      1 person · 3 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Web Speed Can Push You Off of Google Search Rankings
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      NoCAP
      1 person · 2 points · first shared 2010 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

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