Analyzing the Panama Papers with Neo4j — A look at how a graph database has major strengths to deep dive into large, interconnected collections of documents like the Panama Papers.

Scaling a MySQL Datastore By 20x+ in 3 Weeks — The tale behind how a team rapidly scaled their MySQL-based datastore and the problems and tools they encountered along the way.

PostgreSQL Bloat: Origins, Monitoring and Managing — PostgreSQL's MVCC model supports running multiple transactions operating on the same data set, but questions have arisen around bloat. Here's a look at how it can affect performance and how to monitor and manage it.

Do GPU Optimized DBs Threaten Oracle, Splunk and Hadoop? — GPU optimized databases are moving from science project to business reality, but what does that mean?

MySQL 5.7.12: Big Steps Forward for MySQL? — The usual bug fixes and enhancements expected with a point release, but a new protocol and a new MySQL Shell are also emerging.

How The Guardian Analyzed 70m Comments On Its Site — A brief, high level look. It required joining together their AWS-hosted Postgres database, Redshift, CSV files, and Apache Spark.

PostgreSQL Query Optimization — For many, what happens when you join two tables is a mystery. Once you do build a deeper understanding, it becomes much easier to optimize joins - luckily it’s not rocket science to understand some of the logic under the covers, as seen here.