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Mar 19, 2026

Inside Discord’s Architecture at Scale

Discord is a permanent, invite-only space where people can hop between voice, video, and text. The Actor Model allows data to be u...

Dec 23, 2025

ScyllaDB offers a high-performance NoSQL alternative to DynamoDB, addressing throttling, latency, item size limits, and cloud lock...

Dec 16, 2025

This week, HackerNoon spotlights ScyllaDB - a monstrously fast NoSQL database powering real-time experiences for Discord, Starbuck...

Nov 10, 2025

Caching speeds up applications, but each method has tradeoffs. Pekka Enberg’s caching guide breaks down six core strategies—cache-...

Aug 07, 2025

Patrick’s green fedora shop becomes a crash course in database performance. From overpaying for unused capacity to losing data, mi...