Developer Newsletter: Simplify your Cassandra Data Model with Better Indexing

The guest-edited issue by Rebecca Mills discusses the new Storage Attached Index (SAI) in Cassandra, which addresses write amplification and index size on disk issues present in previous secondary indexing implementations. SAI is designed to use significantly less disk space and supports faster writes than other indexes. It is available in DataStax Enterprise 6.8.3 and can be tested in a free Astra cluster. The Apache CEP has been submitted for bringing this functionality to the Apache version of Cassandra, with user feedback welcome. Additionally, DataStax's Chief Strategy Officer Sam Ramji hosts a new podcast series on open-source data and software.