@BenjDicken: Sharding is: 1) The foundation of database scalability 2) Super interesting architecturally If you want to Design Data …
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Ben Dicken emphasizes that sharding is essential for building scalable databases and architecting data-intensive applications.
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Sharding is: 1) The foundation of database scalability 2) Super interesting architecturally If you want to Design Data Intensive Applications (at scale) you must learn it, and learn it well.
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