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Real-World Limitations of DynamoDB

Real-World Limitations of DynamoDB 150 150 Clark

There are countless articles on DynamoDB qua NoSQL, a distributed DB, a high-level comparison to other technologies, and a serverless DB. This is not one of those posts.

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The Active Record Pattern

The Active Record Pattern 150 150 Clark

This post is meant as a ‘high-level’ survey of the Active Record Pattern, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM), and the Ruby on Rails’ implementation of the Active Record Pattern — the ActiveRecord gem.

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You NoSQL?

You NoSQL? 150 150 Clark

In the world of databases and database management systems, the big dog is SQL and all of the systems built on top of SQL. However, in the past few years, a newcomer has started rapidly grabbing market share in the database game (the game be real, yo). This upstart is…

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Emerging Technology (Non-Existent) Ethics

Emerging Technology (Non-Existent) Ethics 150 150 Clark

The speed at which our technology develops has outpaced the speed with which we can comprehend the social, political, and ethical implications of our technologyThe Problem The lack of awareness, discussion, legislation, judicial precedent, and regulation – of social, political, and ethical issues that arise through the development of emerging…

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