CockroachDB
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A distributed SQL database designed for horizontal scaling and resilience.
Why it's here
Placed in Hold: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 0 in the last 30 days. Confidence 38%.
Evidence (2)
- 6InfoQ·9/11/2026researchForm3 Details Triple Active Multi-Cloud Architecture
Ross McFarlane and Kevin Holditch describe how Form3 moved from a single-cloud setup to a triple active multi-cloud architecture. They outline engineering choices for cross-cloud networking, distributed data systems, and custom Kubernetes operators, along with how regional disaster recovery requirements differ across the UK, Europe, and US financial markets.
- 4Hacker News·9/4/2026researchSpacetime Explains How It Scales
The article argues that scalability should be viewed across three separate dimensions: compute, storage, and networking. It uses Spacetime as an example to explain that while horizontal scaling of storage is relatively straightforward, general-purpose OLTP databases often struggle with contention and can incur high overhead under load.