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Notes from the machine room.

Practical engineering notes on database architecture, reliability, sharding, and infrastructure economics.

Jul 2, 2026Cost

Why we left the meters behind

How resource-based rates make database capacity easier to forecast as traffic grows.

Jun 18, 2026Reliability

How scheduled restore drills turn backup archives into measured recovery evidence.

May 30, 2026Vitess

An unsharded Vitess keyspace preserves familiar MySQL behavior and a tested route to horizontal scale.

May 12, 2026Security

A bounded MCP tool surface gives database agents precise permissions and complete audit context.