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We saved millions in SSD costs by upgrading our filesystem

2021654 points311 comments Systems & Performance details

During COVID we experienced rapid growth in the amount of data we ingest. This post details some of the problems this caused us and how we solved them.

Postgres audit tables saved us from taking down production

2021174 points85 comments Databases & Data details

Learn how audit tables helped us avoid a serious incident, and how you can create audit tables in your own Postgres databases.

Applying Textbook Data Structures for Real Life Wins

2020157 points32 comments Software Engineering details

How we leveraged a textbook data structure in our core platform and achieved a 15x speed up for a key data processing step.