DuyHai Doan takes us inside of Apache Kudu, a data store designed to support fast access for analytics in the Hadoop ecosystem. We compare Kudu’s architecture with Apache Cassandra and discuss why effective design patterns for distributed systems show up again and again.

Denise Gosnell talks about working with Graph and why not every problem is a graph problem.

Denise Gosnell talks about working with Graph and why not every problem is a graph problem.

DuyHai Doan talks about secondary indexes in Apache Cassandra, including how they work, how they are different than indexes in relational databases, the various implementations available, and when to use them.

DuyHai Doan talks about secondary indexes in Apache Cassandra, including how they work, how they are different than indexes in relational databases, the various implementations available, and when to use them.

Luke Tillman talks about his dogfooding project for DataStax Academy, challenges of developing microservice applications, and how distributed tracing throughout the stack can help.

Luke Tillman talks about his dogfooding project for DataStax Academy, challenges of developing microservice applications, and how distributed tracing throughout the stack can help.

Patrick McFadin and Jeff Carpenter talk about the latest trends in data development and share their thoughts on which trends you should be following and what tech it’s time to start learning, and why Jeff looks familiar.

Patrick McFadin and Jeff Carpenter talk about the latest trends in data development and share their thoughts on which trends you should be following and what tech it’s time to start learning, and why Jeff looks familiar.

DSE Analytics badass Russ Spitzer brings us up to speed on the latest developments in Apache Spark and the implications for DataStax Enterprise Analytics.