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Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups is a technical post about database scalability. What caught my eye was the term . What an odd term — “sharding.” Why would a database be described that way?
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- HN comments
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Games & GraphicsDatabases & Data2024
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2024 | Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by fanf2 | 294 | 127 |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? by Dx5IQ | 209 | 89 |
| Jun 6, 2020 | Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009) by mpweiher | 168 | 172 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 5 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Jul 2015 to Jul 2023.
Most recent:
- morelisp · Jul 24, 2023
- darwinwhy · Apr 7, 2023
- gokaygurcan · Apr 26, 2020
- Raph_Koster · Dec 24, 2018
- keypusher · Jul 3, 2015
