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• Announcing the CIS Benchmark for CockroachDB v25.x (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn how the CIS Benchmark for CockroachDB helps standardize database security, strengthen compliance, and improve resilient deployments.
• SIGMOD 2020: Cockroach Labs publishes research paper on CockroachDB (Cockroachlabs)
  "CockroachDB: The Resilient Geo-Distributed SQL Database," a research paper codifying years of research on CockroachDB, will be shared at A…
• Life after Oracle: a story about migration (Cockroachlabs)
  Switching from Oracle can seem painful, but it is possible. This is the story of a company that did it.
• CockroachDB 2.1: Easier migrations and a 5x scalability improvement (Cockroachlabs)
  In CockroachDB 2.1, we’ve made it easier than ever to migrate from MySQL and Postgres, improved our scalability on transactional workloads…
• CockroachDB BYOC Is Now Generally Available (Cockroachlabs)
  Run CockroachDB in your cloud account while Cockroach Labs manages operations, security, backups, and uptime.
• Why are my Go executable files so large? (Cockroachlabs)
  Golang executable files get too large for reasons that are not relevant to server software with long-running processes, like CockroachDB, a…
• What is multi-region architecture? The key to high availability & risk mitigation (Cockroachlabs)
  When critical tier 0 applications experience disruption or downtime, the results can involve not just significant financial losses but also…
• Top 5 questions to ask when migrating databases (Cockroachlabs)
  Avoid common pitfalls and get your new database completely serving production data on a reliable timeline by asking these five questions.
• Get started geo-partitioning data with our command-line CockroachDB demo (Cockroachlabs)
  CockroachDB offers a number of powerful enterprise features, most notably those related to geo-partitioning tables.
• Big Ideas: Top Ten Tips for App Builders in 2024 (Cockroachlabs)
  To get you off to a strong start in 2024, here are our top ten most valuable “a-ha” moments and technical takeaways from the past year of C…
• Cockroach Labs & Netlution Partner on Database Modernization in Germany (Cockroachlabs)
  Cockroach Labs and Netlution partner to help German enterprises modernize databases with resilient, sovereign-by-design distributed SQL arc…
• How microservices enable multi-cloud at the expense of developers (Cockroachlabs)
  Jackson on the costs microservices have on developer productivity.
• RoachFest London Preview: Exploring Real-World Performance (Cockroachlabs)
  This year’s conference will cover a new focus area which we are calling “Performance Under Adversity” — not the hypothetical kind that live…
• High CPU usage in Postgres: how to detect it, and how to fix it (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn what kinds of problems often cause high CPU issues in Postgres, and how you can resolve them to improve database and application perf…
• From 5 to 500: Lessons learned hiring for startups (Cockroachlabs)
  Most founders agree that one of the greatest challenges that they face isn’t raising money or closing deals.
• Bose is building databases on demand with Elastic, CockroachDB, and Kubernetes (Cockroachlabs)
  Take a look at the database on demand project that Bose is building to modernize their tech stack and bring cloud-connected experiences to…
• How Mux built a multi-cloud signing keys system on Kubernetes & CockroachDB (Cockroachlabs)
  Video platform Mux built a signing keys system on CockroachDB and Kubernetes, and deploys it across AWS and GCP.
• From customer to author: The guy with the CockroachDB tattoo (Cockroachlabs)
  Cockroach Labs first published our very own animal book with O’Reilly Media in 2022. Co-author and former customer, Rob Reid, shares his st…
• 2DC Support with Cross-Cluster Replication (Cockroachlabs)
  We have invested in building two cross-cluster replication tools: physical cluster replication (PCR; Generally Available in 24.1) and logic…
• How to build a multi-region Python app with CockroachDB, Django, and K8s (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn how to make your Python application multi-region. And then learn how to domicile data at the row level for better application perform…
• Could CockroachDB ever replace Redis? An experiment (Cockroachlabs)
  In 2016, I experimented with implementing the Redis protocol on top of CockroachDB, scratching the itch on the question: Could CockroachDB…
• What is the CockroachDB Cloud API and why should you use It? (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn about the various ways you can use the new CockroachDB Cloud API.
• Clock Management in CockroachDB: Good Timekeeping is Key (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn how CockroachDB manages clock synchronization in distributed systems using NTP and software techniques—plus guidance for single and m…
• Building Distributed Systems at Scale | Insights from Becca Taft (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn how Becca Taft of Cockroach Labs builds distributed systems for real-world scale, from query optimization to AI workloads and product…
• Risk vs. reward: Real money gambling application architecture (Cockroachlabs)
  This blog covers online gambling application architecture insights for compliance, scale, survivability, and the flexibility to adjust to a…
• Choosing a MySQL alternative to build HA product inventory (Cockroachlabs)
  AllSaints needed to move from their MySQL database setup to something that offered high availability and scalability.
• SQL vs. NoSQL: Which is right for your workload? (Cockroachlabs)
  When should you use a document store and when should you use a relational database? A comparison of the two in the modern era.
• apd: An Arbitrary-Precision Decimal Package for Go (Cockroachlabs)
  The apd package replaces the underlying implementation of the DECIMAL type in CockroachDB and is available for anyone to fork and use.
• Vectorizing the merge joiner in CockroachDB (Cockroachlabs)
  How a vectorized (column by column instead of row by row) approach to merge joins led to a 3x improvement in standard merge joins in Cockro…
• How to improve application performance using data location (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn how geo-partitioning can keep data close to users to reduce geographic latency and improve application performance.
• How TreesPlease Games builds gaming infra with CockroachDB Serverless (Cockroachlabs)
  Game development presents scale and budget challenges that can be addressed with the right application architecture.
• Introducing CockroachDB 24.1: Fully Managed, Enterprise Database Experience, Streamlined App (Cockroachlabs)
  The latest release from Cockroach Labs – CockroachDB 24.1 – makes it easier for you to leverage a fully-managed enterprise experience, stre…
• Infinite Colors: Supporting neuro-diverse experiences in the workplace (Cockroachlabs)
  For many people, the past year has been straining. Neuro-diverse individuals have been particularly strained, having to balance their diffe…
• What Breaks When Agentic AI Reaches Production? (Cockroachlabs)
  Learn what breaks when agentic AI reaches production and how infrastructure for memory, identity, and observability supports resilience at…
• Meet the Sales team: Vincent Giacomazza, VP, East Sales (Cockroachlabs)
  Vice President of Sales at Cockroach Labs, Vincent Giacomazza, shares the importance of our "One Team" mindset, teamwork, and what makes a…
• Introducing Pay-As-You-Go CockroachDB Cloud on AWS Marketplace (Cockroachlabs)
  We’re thrilled to announce a new payment option for CockroachDB Cloud on AWS Marketplace: pay-as-you-go.
• SQL compatibility in CockroachDB: Spatial data, Enums, materialized views (Cockroachlabs)
  CockroachDB 20.2's increasingly rich SQL feature set includes support for spatial data, materialized views, Enums, ALTER TABLE, and user-de…
• How to use indexes for better workload performance (Cockroachlabs)
  Indexes greatly improve the performance of read queries that use filters, but they come with a cost to write performance.
• Thanking CockroachDB's open source contributors (Cockroachlabs)
  Throughout our journey, our open source community has made valuable contributions to CockroachDB.
• Introducing Cockroach University (Cockroachlabs)
  Cockroach University is accepting new students! Learn more about our free online courses to learn about CockroachDB.
• Double or nothing: How physical cluster replication copies each transaction atomically (Cockroachlabs)
  As a leading distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, provides a number of capabilities to allow organizations and users to recover from disa…
• Riding the Roachermobile: Cockroach Labs’ internal mobility program (Cockroachlabs)
  We want to support our people’s development, empowering them to switch roles. We set up an internal mobility program to make it possible.
• Multi-cloud architecture: Three real-world examples from fintech (Cockroachlabs)
  To ensure fault tolerance and achieve cloud portability, run your applications across multiple clouds.
• A big bank bets big on multi-cloud (Cockroachlabs)
  During its 169 year history, Wells Fargo & Company has repeatedly used technology to innovate and advance itself — a standout within the tr…
• DBAs at Baidu grow the CockroachDB global community (Cockroachlabs)
  Baidu and Cockroach Labs jointly held a conference that would bring top-tier DBAs and developers together to discuss CockroachDB.
• What is SOC 2? How to obtain a SOC 2 Report (Cockroachlabs)
  It also explains how a company can obtain a SOC 2 report.
• How online primary key changes work in CockroachDB (Cockroachlabs)
  As of our 20.1 release, CockroachDB supports online primary key changes. This means that it's now possible to change the primary key of a t…
• “The State of Resilience 2025” Reveals the True Cost of Downtime (Cockroachlabs)
  Downtime can cost companies money – and a lot more. This new Cockroach Labs survey of 1,000 senior tech executives shows the critical impor…
• Come Work on CockroachDB in Sydney, Australia! (Cockroachlabs)
  Cockroach Labs is hiring people to work on CockroachDB from Sydney, Australia!
• Serverless for survival (Cockroachlabs)
  In an age of disruption, the only viable strategy is to adapt. Surviving requires responsive innovation — and serverless can help make cont…