DevOps Success at RavenDB

Keynote: When Select() is Broken

My keynote at the Progressive.NET conference is now live…

Is SQL Really Faster than a NoSQL Document Database?

Traditional thinking holds that rows and columns read faster than documents. That’s why a lot of developers continue to choose Oracle and SQL. NoSQL Databases, specifically Document Databases, are taking away market share from the older relational database makers because this way of thinking is no longer valid. If all the information you…

Inside RavenDB now available on RavenDB.Net

You can now read the Inside RavenDB directly in your browser.  I’m really happy about this, not just because you can browse the full book online (or download to PDF) completely free. The main point is that now I can link directly to the specific part in the book where I’m discussing (in depth) certain features of RavenDB. I think that this is…

Speaking at .NET Conf: High performance servers with .NET Core

On Sep 25, I’ll take part in .NET Conf 2019, I’ll be talking about High performance servers with .NET Core, sharing some of the details about how we were able to improve the performance of RavenDB by a factor of…

Product recommendations in RavenDB

Product recommendations is a Big Thing. The underlying assumption is that there are patterns in the sales of products, so we can detect and recommend what products usually go together. That gives us a very nice way to give accurate recommendations to users about products that they might want to purchase. Here is a great example of how this may…

Speaking at Progressive.NET 2019: When Select() is Broken

I’ll be speaking at the Progressive.NET conference later this week. I’ll be speaking about the nastiest bugs that weren’t my fault. This is a very cathartic talk to give, because I get to go in depth into all the ways I tripped and fell. This is based on a decade of running RavenDB in production and running into the strangest situations that you…

The Best Document Database Got Better: RavenDB 4’s 21 Improvements

The past 5 years presented huge opportunities for databases to give you more power, speed, and flexibility while using less of your own resources. We decided to make a major overhaul of our database in releasing RavenDB 4.0 to give you the chance to capitalize on these developments. Here are 21 new and improved features […]

RavenDB vs Elasticsearch: The Best Open Source NoSQL Database

When deciding on your next NoSQL Download, which is best for you, RavenDB or ElasticSearch? A modern top-notch database has to be equipped with a remarkable set of capabilities. Its work rate must be suitable for Big Data management. Its flexibility must allow it to easily upscale when the amount of data ascends exponentially, and its…