You might have noticed that we didn't release QuasarDB 3.9.0 on May 4th, 2020, as our previous release schedule would have commanded.
Since the beginning of the year, QuasarDB's user base grew faster than we anticipated, creating many pain points in our release process, especially the QA phase.
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This port is the first in a series about the challenges behind database performance and how to accurately assess it. In future posts, we will dig more into the specifics of benchmarks and design choices.
If you are following database innovation you can see that nearly every database vendor out there has at least one benchmark putting them in the first place. With every vendor selling the fastest database there is, you end up in a Penrose stairs situation where everyone is faster than everyone.
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I recently came across a great blog post asserting - based on numerous studies - that size is the best predictor of code quality.
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