#database-scaling on Hacker News

2 stories tagged database-scaling, newest first.

Screenshot of shopify.engineering: We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled

We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled (shopify.engineering)

317 points by adletbalzhanov 2 months ago | 220 comments

Shopify Engineering blog post on replacing Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations using SKIP LOCKED, composite primary keys, and connection visibility.

mysql redis shopify skip-locked

Screenshot of recall.ai: Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale

Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale (recall.ai)

547 points by davidgu 1 year ago | 283 comments

A Recall.ai engineering blog deep dive explaining why Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY caused scaling problems in their production system.

postgresql listen-notify database-scaling locking

#database-scaling on Hacker News

We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled(shopify.engineering)

Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale(recall.ai)

We replaced Redis with MySQL for inventory reservations and it scaled (shopify.engineering)

Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY does not scale (recall.ai)