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Wrong Tool, Right Choice: PagerDuty's Cassandra Queue | Ep. 12


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Back in 2011, PagerDuty had a problem that would make any infrastructure engineer wince: they were using MySQL as a queue. 

In this episode, we dive into the fascinating journey of using Cassandra as a queue, the challenges faced, and the lessons learned along the way.

Arup Chakrabarti, former Senior Director of Engineering at PagerDuty, shares his insights on the early days of the company, the technical decisions made, and how they navigated the complexities of using a NoSQL database in unconventional ways.

Check out Arup's work! ➡️ arupchak.com

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