Modern Databases

Jamaurice Holt argues that companies often pick databases because of hype instead of because the database actually fits their workload. He says PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, microservices, and “serverless” databases all have good uses, but none of them are automatically the best choice. His main point is that many expensive migrations happen for the wrong […]

Failing agents

In his article Mahathidhulipala explains that many companies rushed to use AI agents after big promises, but a few weeks later, many of those projects are failing or being paused. In November, AI agents were marketed as tools that could handle work on their own and save lots of money, so leaders felt pressure to […]

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