Foundations — Introducing Concepts & Principles

Pascal Desmarets, CEO and Founder of Hackolade

In this talk, Pascal Desmarets, CEO and Founder of Hackolade discusses the foundations of NoSQL data modeling. He highlights:

  • Why is data modeling a key success factor?
  • “Sweet spot” use cases where NoSQL shines the most
  • Basic principles of data modeling for ScyllaDB

NoSQL Data Modeling 101

Tzach Livyatan, VP Product at ScyllaDB

In this talk, Tzach Livyatan, VP Product at ScyllaDB discusses NoSQL Data Modeling 101. He covers:

  • NoSQL vs SQL data modeling
  • What are partition keys, and clustering keys and how to choose them
  • What are Materialized Views in NoSQL and ScyllaDB

Top NoSQL Data Modeling Mistakes

Felipe Cardeneti Mendes, Solutions Architect at ScyllaDB

In this talk, Felipe Mendes, Solutions Architect at ScyllaDB, discusses the top data modeling mistakes. He covers:

  • Working with large collections
  • Issues with low cardinality indexes/views
  • Hot partitions
  • Large partitions
  • Dealing with Tombstones

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Panel Discussion

Our round table discussion with Pascal Desmarets, Tzach Livyatan, and Felipe Mendes.