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Cockroach Labs develops CockroachDB and Cockroach Continuum, an agentic database cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for extreme resilience, seamless horizontal scaling, and global deployment.

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How we built a serverless SQL database

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CockroachDB serverless is the first truly scalable serverless SQL database. Learn how it works and how a serverless sql database can relieve the operational burden of developers.

Avoid Vendor Lock-In Risk with Multi-Cloud Deployments

2017153 points54 comments Tech Industry & Business details

Using CockroachDB means shifting operational thinking from disaster recovery to disaster resilience, and completely side steps the risks associated with vendor lock-in.

Stateful Apps on Kubernetes: A quick primer

2018139 points35 comments Infrastructure & DevOps details

Managing state in Kubernetes is difficult because the system’s dynamism is too chaotic for most databases to handle; especially SQL databases that offer strong consistency.