Since 2016, disinformation campaigns have steadily eroded Americans’ faith in democracy, and they pose an unprecedented threat to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to political scientists and researchers. Bad actors have become particularly adept at leveraging fake social media advertising accounts to overwhelm users with political propaganda. Fortunately, graph…
In this series of interviews, we talk to students and educators around the world who are using MongoDB to make their classes more engaging and relevant. By exploring their stories, we uncover how MongoDB’s innovative platform and resources are transforming educational landscapes and empowering the next generation of tech-savvy professionals.…
With all the talk in the industry today regarding large language models with their encoders, decoders, multi-headed attention layers, and billions (soon trillions) of parameters, it is tempting to believe that good AI is the result of model design only. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Good AI requires more…
Exploring Temporal and Spatial Graph Databases You’ve probably noticed how data keeps growing and getting more complex. Whether you’re dealing with time-based trends or geographic information, managing this data efficiently is key. That’s where temporal and spatial graph databases come into play. As a seasoned data architect responsible for optimizing…
What is Schema Evolution in Graph Databases? You’ve probably heard about graph databases and their flexibility. But what happens when your data model needs to change? That’s where schema evolution comes in. Schema evolution lets you modify the structure of your graph database without losing any existing data. It’s a…
Chase Richards has led engineering efforts at Marketly from a 2011 start-up through its acquisition in 2020. He is now VP of Engineering at a brand protection firm, Corsearch. He joined us at a recent meetup and shared his ClickHouse experience. Corsearch started life in 2018 as a specialist spinoff…
Text Size 100%: － ＋ Database consolidation is a time-tested practice that lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) for database estates and simplifies database operations. Traditionally, consolidation requires physically moving databases to a consolidated or shared platform. A physically consolidated platform fits more databases into less infrastructure, which saves…
At Grafana Labs we believe in shipping features early and often, and in recent years we’ve doubled down on that philosophy. We no longer wait for the yearly major release to give you access to the next big thing. Instead, we regularly make new features, bug fixes, and security patches…
When Automattic launched the .blog domain extension back in 2016, our in-house team built a shiny new website to go with it. The vibe of my.blog very much matched the era, featuring a simple layout, a generic color palette, and a “just the basics” approach to the content and overall…