Data modeling and database engineering: SQL, Postgres, MongoDB, and Redis used well. Schema design, indexing, migrations, and query optimization with real examples. Covers transactions, replication, and choosing the right store for each workload.
A cost-class taxonomy of ClickHouse ALTER operations, with explicit guidance on which ones are safe to run during business hours on MergeTree versus SharedMergeTree.
A platform-engineering brief on why Redis 7.2 is at end-of-life, what the post-2024 licensing split means, and how to choose between Redis 8, Valkey, and Redis Software.
A practical breakdown of Milvus standalone's three containers — etcd, MinIO, and Milvus — including their internal roles, Compose wiring, and the scaling path that comes before Kubernetes.
A focused comparison of Caveman's in-band prompt discipline and Headroom's out-of-band local compression proxy, framed around where each tool intervenes in the agent-to-provider pipeline.