The World Beyond Batch: Streaming 101 — An interesting article of modern data-processing concepts related to streaming systems, unbounded data sets, and the future of big data.

On ORDER BY Optimization — A look at how sometimes query optimizers get things wrong and how you might get better performance by forcing the optimizer’s hand.

Get Paid to Write about Databases — Write about databases, earn $200 cash and $200 in Compose credit. Write a deep dive into how you use databases in your technology stack. Let people know useful tips and tricks for a particular database. Explain the philosophy and practical implications of database concepts. All ideas welcome.

Don't Test with SQLite When You Use Postgres in Production — It should go without saying that using two different database systems in different environments is a recipe for trouble, but Michael explains why.

RAM Is The New SSD — Intel’s recent announcement of their new ‘3D XPoint’ RAM technology should mean a new world of loading huge datasets into RAM becomes commonplace.

The 5-Minute Guide to Understanding the Significance of Apache Spark — A look at the differences between Spark and MapReduce, why it’s easier to develop on Spark, and the top five use cases.

AWS Aurora - It's Showtime for Amazon's New RDS Engine — Aurora is an easily massively scalable MySQL 5.6-compatible cloud based DBMS that’s part of Amazon’s Web Services.

Mockaroo: A Realistic Random Data Generator — Outputs to CSV, JSON, SQL, and Excel.