Fauna

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Distributed document-relational database.

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Achieving multi-region reliability with AWS Step Functions and Fauna - Oct. 10, 2022 310 -
Creating realtime experiences in e-commerce with Fauna and Ably Tom Camp Aug. 31, 2022 5858 9
What is a Document Relational Database? Tyson Trautmann Sep. 01, 2022 3349 16
Fauna and Differential Partnership: Revolutionizing Database Management for Modern Applications Steven Foster, Marcelo Reyna Aug. 29, 2024 844 -
Fauna's new database language and seamless developer experience Nicole Nearhood Aug. 21, 2023 814 -
Database as a Service (DBaaS) vs. Data APIs - Explained - Mar. 15, 2021 941 -
A Comparison of Serverless Function (FaaS) Providers Brecht De Rooms Feb. 06, 2020 4450 2
Demystifying Database Systems, Part 3: Introduction to Consistency Levels Daniel J. Abadi Jul. 25, 2019 2556 2
Serverless Change Capture for Ruby on Rails Chris Anderson Jan. 03, 2019 786 -
AWS Aurora Serverless v2: Architecture, Features, Pricing, and Comparison with Fauna Evan Weaver Mar. 24, 2021 6056 57
New Engineering and Product Leadership @ Fauna Eric Berg Sep. 22, 2020 412 -
Building a Serverless REST API with Fauna, AWS, and TypeScript Shadid Haque Jan. 09, 2024 1322 -
What is a Cloud Database? - May. 18, 2019 2040 -
Fauna’s response to the Log4Shell zero-day vulnerability Tyson Trautmann Dec. 14, 2021 546 -
Demystifying Database Systems, Part 2: Correctness Anomalies Under Serializable Isolation Daniel J. Abadi Jun. 28, 2019 3459 71
QCon and the Future of Serverless Chris Anderson Nov. 15, 2018 494 -
Building integrated centralized and decentralized applications Wyatt Wenzel Jan. 25, 2022 1409 -
Why Fauna: Use cases unlocked with Fauna Tyson Trautmann, Wyatt Wenzel Aug. 21, 2023 2313 -
Intro to modern JavaScript frameworks - Nov. 05, 2021 1869 -
DynamoDB vs Fauna: Terminology and features Taro Woollet-Chiba Aug. 11, 2020 4362 -
Supercharge your DevOps workflow with Fauna Schema Language and GitHub Actions or GitLab CI/CD Shadid Haque Nov. 14, 2023 1874 4
Transactional Databases - What You Need to Know - Aug. 08, 2020 1758 -
A Comparison of Scalable Database Isolation Levels Evan Weaver Mar. 15, 2019 1099 -
Data Security in the Age of Serverless Apps Chris Anderson May. 31, 2018 2658 -
Getting Started w/ Fauna: Quickstart Guide Chris Anderson Mar. 26, 2018 1168 -
Modernizing from PostgreSQL to Serverless with Fauna Part 3 Brecht De Rooms, Shadid Haque Feb. 22, 2021 5171 -
Edge computing reference architectures Kovid Rathee Aug. 04, 2022 2032 -
Clive - Hannon Hill Engagement Tool Built with Fauna Artur Tomusiak Jul. 23, 2020 1230 -
User authentication in Fauna (an opinionated guide) Shadid Haque Oct. 01, 2021 1459 -
GDPR vs. CCPA: Data privacy requirements explained - Mar. 07, 2022 1566 -
Modernizing from PostgreSQL to Serverless with Fauna Part 1 Brecht De Rooms, Matt Henderson Feb. 22, 2021 5308 1
Video: Developing Provider-Independent Functions in the Serverless World Chris Anderson Mar. 28, 2017 105 -
Real world database latency Tyson Trautmann Sep. 20, 2021 2176 42
Exploring Multi-Tenancy Options in Fauna Kirk Kirkconnell Jul. 15, 2024 955 -
Using Fauna's streaming feature to build a chat with Svelte - Jan. 06, 2021 3443 -
Getting Started with Fauna using Go | Part 2 Cary Bourgeois Aug. 11, 2018 165 -
Database Joins for NoSQL Matt Henderson Mar. 12, 2024 1278 -
How to Build Secure Database-Driven Applications on Neocities Chris Anderson Jul. 06, 2017 778 23
What is data residency? - Jun. 20, 2021 1176 -
What is ACID Compliance?: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation - Nov. 24, 2020 1850 -
Welcome to the Jungle Evan Weaver Sep. 26, 2016 556 5
Can MongoDB Really Deliver ACID? Dennis Duckworth Jul. 04, 2018 1174 -
Product updates - June 2022 Shashank Golla Jun. 30, 2022 309 -
What is a Relational Database? - May. 15, 2019 1921 -
Implementing Fauna as infrastructure as code with Serverless Framework Shadid Haque Oct. 20, 2022 437 -
How to develop locally using serverless offline - Oct. 09, 2021 1721 -
Why Use Fauna with edge computing? Anish Devasia Aug. 25, 2022 1595 -
Building the next generation search engine with Fauna and Cloudflare Workers James Kaplan Apr. 12, 2021 1583 -
How to get database insights with Fauna Logs and the Elastic (ELK) Stack Shadid Haque Feb. 28, 2023 1131 -
Partitioned Consensus and Its Impact on Spanner’s Latency Daniel J. Abadi Dec. 14, 2018 2306 8
Build a global, serverless REST API with Cloudflare and Fauna Shadid Haque Oct. 18, 2023 2444 -
Batch vs. stream processing: Pros and cons - Nov. 02, 2021 1188 -
Consistency without Clocks: The Fauna Distributed Transaction Protocol Daniel Abadi, Matt Freels Oct. 19, 2018 3022 171
How Connexin delivers world-class broadband and smart city services with Fauna and Cloudflare Wyatt Wenzel Oct. 23, 2023 1599 -
Inside Fauna’s distributed transaction engine Luis Colon Aug. 21, 2023 1064 -
What is a NoSQL Database? - Sep. 10, 2019 1824 -
Building AI applications with OpenAI, Pinecone, Langchain and Fauna Shadid Haque May. 17, 2023 1253 -
Join our Meetup Community Amna Pervez Feb. 25, 2017 132 -
Delivering personalized content with Netlify’s Next.js Advanced Middleware and Fauna Wyatt Wenzel, Shadid Haque Oct. 24, 2022 1357 -
How to use streams in Node.js - Mar. 06, 2022 1320 -
What is change data capture? Roel Peters May. 31, 2022 1915 -
How to keep your serverless applications secure - Feb. 16, 2021 1067 -
What is a distributed database and when should you use one Shadid Haque Dec. 19, 2023 1619 -
Live UI updates with Fauna’s real-time document streaming Brecht De Rooms Nov. 23, 2020 1968 -
Flexibility Meets Structure: Evolving Document Database Schemas with Fauna Kirk Kirkconnell Jun. 20, 2024 2251 -
Product Updates - July 2022 Shashank Golla Jul. 28, 2022 446 -
Building composable serverless architectures with Fauna, Netlify, and Big Nerd Ranch Richard Flosi Oct. 31, 2022 2053 -
Comparing Fauna and DynamoDB Evan Weaver Dec. 09, 2020 2507 2
How to integrate event streaming into your applications Shadid Haque Mar. 08, 2022 1086 -
The next chapter for Fauna: $27M and new leadership Evan Weaver Matt Freels Jul. 01, 2020 791 2
Why everyone wants to go serverless Ndafara Tsamba Jul. 26, 2022 1611 -
Managing Schema in Document and Relational Databases - Jul. 11, 2024 1869 -
Considerations when migrating from DynamoDB to Fauna Luis Colon Jan. 24, 2023 2518 -
Getting Started with Fauna using Go Cary Bourgeois Aug. 04, 2018 234 -
Fauna: A modern system of record for your generative AI application Hassen Karaa, Wyatt Wenzel May. 17, 2023 2226 -
Building a Serverless JAMStack app with Fauna: Part 1 Chris Anderson Jan. 23, 2019 846 -
Building an edge serverless GraphQL backend with Cloudflare Workers and Fauna Shadid Haque Sep. 27, 2022 1750 -
Comparing Fauna and MongoDB - Oct. 03, 2022 3301 -
Building Fauna’s GDPR-compliant distributed and scalable database infrastructure with Pulumi Jeff Smick Aug. 30, 2021 1799 2
How Fauna Saves JAMstack Developers from Data Loss John Miller III and Summer Schrader Sep. 30, 2019 894 -
Product updates - June 2021 Summer Schrader, Shashank Golla Jun. 18, 2021 574 -
Choosing a database for your Node.js app - Mar. 14, 2021 749 -
Introducing the future of Fauna’s database language Matt Freels, Nicole Nearhood Apr. 25, 2023 2451 2
What is role-based access control (RBAC)? - Oct. 28, 2021 1295 -
Stack Overflow and Glitch Notifications in Slack with Fauna Chris Anderson Apr. 07, 2018 694 -
Applying test-driven development to your database Rob Sutter Feb. 03, 2022 1761 1
New in Fauna: Add Fauna to your Vercel applications in minutes Nishant Madichetti Jun. 18, 2021 614 -
Postgres vs Fauna: Terminology and features Evan Weaver Jan. 20, 2021 3361 -
Database Requirements for Building GDPR-Compliant Apps - Feb. 11, 2021 1109 -
Introducing Zero Downtime Migrations to Fauna Schema Matt Freels Apr. 16, 2024 1213 -
Connecting External Indexers and Data Pipelines Chris Anderson Apr. 25, 2018 1245 -
Introducing Types and Enforcement to Fauna Schema Matt Freels Apr. 16, 2024 971 -
Survive Cloud Vendor Crashes with Netlify and Fauna Chris Anderson Jun. 26, 2018 1863 -
Comparing databases for Vercel and Netlify Shadid Haque Aug. 12, 2022 1388 -
Relational is More than SQL Bob Muglia Sep. 15, 2023 1698 136
Product Updates - September 2021 Shashank Golla Sep. 17, 2021 635 -
Introducing Fauna's New Event Streaming Wyatt Wenzel, Bryan Reinero May. 21, 2024 1097 -
Product Updates - March 2022 Shashank Golla Mar. 28, 2022 309 -
Announcing the Fauna Add-on for Netlify Matt Freels, Lewis King Sep. 16, 2019 616 -
Shrink your dApp's server footprint with Fauna Zee Khoo May. 13, 2022 1975 -
Building Modern Web Architectures With React & Next.js - Dec. 26, 2020 1128 -
Getting Started with Fauna using Go | Part 4 Cary Bourgeois Aug. 27, 2018 191 -
Migrate data into Fauna with new data import feature Shadid Haque May. 05, 2022 1486 -
Deploying a REST API with AWS App Runner and Fauna Rob Sutter May. 19, 2021 1662 -
How to build microservices with Node.js - Jun. 06, 2021 1958 -
Database security best practices for 2021: A guide - Aug. 22, 2021 1809 -
Building a Serverless JAMStack app with Fauna: Part 2 Chris Anderson Jan. 29, 2019 834 -
Elevating Schema as Code: Fauna Introduces Computed Fields and Check Constraints Wyatt Wenzel, Bryan Reinero Feb. 01, 2024 926 -
Build a Serverless multi-tenant SaaS app with AWS and Fauna Kirk Kirkconnell ,, Kirk Kirkconnell, Zee Khoo, Sathya Balakrishnan Nov. 06, 2023 1964 -
Modernization of the database: DynamoDB to Fauna Zee Khoo Jun. 30, 2022 2407 -
Restore your database to a stable snapshot on demand Shashank Golla May. 24, 2022 439 -
Why Strong Consistency Matters with Event-driven Architectures Ryan Knight Jun. 28, 2018 1856 -
Spanner vs. Calvin: Distributed Consistency at Scale Daniel J. Abadi Apr. 06, 2017 3031 14
Database Authority Andy Pavlo Joins Fauna as Technical Advisor Chris Anderson Apr. 25, 2019 363 -
The top blockchain development frameworks for 2022 - Apr. 04, 2022 1766 -
What is Web3 and why is it important? - Oct. 31, 2021 1595 -
Serve your Fauna Single Page App from IPFS Chris Anderson Oct. 04, 2018 1168 -
How to fetch data from a database using Node.js - May. 27, 2021 800 -
FreeCodeCamp with Netlify Chris Anderson Nov. 13, 2018 406 -
Authenticating users with a blockchain wallet and Fauna Shadid Haque Nov. 18, 2021 2480 -
What is a database transaction? - Aug. 02, 2021 1129 4
Hello World: Azure Functions with Serverless Framework, Node.js and Fauna Chris Anderson Sep. 06, 2017 715 5
RDBMS vs. NoSQL: What’s the difference? - Sep. 30, 2021 1032 -
Demystifying Database Systems, Part 1: An Introduction to Transaction Isolation Levels Daniel J. Abadi May. 03, 2019 3826 202
Fauna's Official Jepsen Results Evan Weaver Mar. 05, 2019 1002 3
Get visibility into the cost and performance of queries with Fauna Logs Shadid Haque Feb. 15, 2023 712 -
Introduction to serverless databases Segun Saka-Aiyedun May. 12, 2022 2113 -
Trusting Fauna Matt Arthur Nov. 08, 2021 814 -
What is data governance? - Jun. 30, 2021 2134 -
Modernizing from PostgreSQL to Serverless with Fauna Part 2 Brecht De Rooms, Kirk Kirkconnell Feb. 22, 2021 2286 -
A CTO reveals their preferred serverless stack for 2023 - Mar. 28, 2023 2245 -
Reducing complexity by integrating through the database Evan Weaver Nov. 03, 2021 1273 73
Decoding Fauna: ABAC vs. RBAC Explained Kirk Kirkconnell Jun. 26, 2024 840 -
Fauna Joins Google Cloud Marketplace - Mar. 21, 2024 542 -
Serverless patterns reference architectures Kealan Parr Jun. 15, 2022 2067 -
Understanding Nothing (or NULL) in Fauna John Miller III and Summer Schrader Apr. 20, 2018 686 -
Guide to Database Security Strategies, Policies, and Postures - Jun. 28, 2024 2489 -
Building a serverless REST API with AWS SAM and Fauna Rob Sutter May. 12, 2021 2039 -
Code Splitting in React with Lazy Components Bruno Quaresma Aug. 16, 2019 747 -
Bridging on-chain and off-chain data in NFTs with Fauna Shashank Golla, Wyatt Wenzel Nov. 29, 2021 930 -
Authenticating users with AWS Cognito in Fauna Shadid Haque Sep. 17, 2021 1997 -
Hello World: Build a Serverless App With the First Serverless Database Chris Anderson Feb. 08, 2017 963 5
Building a REST API with AWS Lambda, Fauna, and Serverless Framework Shadid Haque May. 04, 2022 766 -
Transfer data in Fauna to your analytics tool using Airbyte - Oct. 19, 2022 2021 -
Introducing Endpoints Alvaro Videla Dec. 17, 2018 736 -
Control theory for fun and profit Ben Edwards Jun. 15, 2020 1503 195
Serverless Architecture: What Is It & How Does It Work? - Apr. 09, 2020 2069 -
Escape the Cloud Database Trap With Serverless Chris Anderson Feb. 03, 2017 683 28
Announcing Fauna Schema: Build, Iterate, and Evolve Schema with Zero Downtime Wyatt Wenzel, Bryan Reinero Jun. 20, 2024 1280 3
Side-by-side comparison of serverless databases - Dec. 29, 2022 1047 -
Product updates - May 2021 Summer Schrader May. 28, 2021 319 -
Fauna Serverless Scheduling: Cooperative Scheduling with QoS Matt Freels, Lewis King Jun. 12, 2019 1748 -
Product Updates - July 2021 Summer Schrader, Shashank Golla Jul. 23, 2021 636 -
Create secure, real-time applications with Fauna event streaming Shashank Golla Mar. 08, 2022 704 8
Meet data residency requirements with Fauna Region Groups Shashank Golla Jul. 07, 2021 661 -
Using Fauna with Begin.com Chris Anderson Sep. 11, 2018 472 -
Gather insights from Fauna Logs with Datadog, AWS EventBridge, and AWS Lambda Shadid Haque Feb. 13, 2024 1498 -
Best practices for edge computing Kasper Siig Aug. 18, 2022 1369 -
Rename with No Regrets: One Check to Make Before You Upgrade Your Fauna Driver John Miller III and Summer Schrader Sep. 12, 2019 870 -
How Does Database Encryption Work? - Jul. 24, 2020 925 -
New Service Foundation and GTM Leadership to Accelerate Customer Success Globally Eric Berg Jul. 07, 2021 677 -
A comparison of transaction models in distributed document databases Evan Weaver Jul. 28, 2021 3189 72
How to choose the right metadata store for applications at scale Shadid Haque Jul. 12, 2023 2000 -
Our Core Principles Eric Berg Mar. 03, 2021 860 -
Time-Traveling Databases: Exploring Temporality in Fauna Daniel Abadi, Matt Freels Oct. 17, 2016 1082 -
What is a distributed database and when should you use one Shadid Haque Dec. 19, 2023 1619 -
Edge computing vs. cloud computing: What’s the difference? - Sep. 26, 2021 1402 -
Tutorial: How to Create and Query a Ledger with Fauna Ryan Knight Jul. 25, 2018 1720 -
How to use Fauna with Django Shadid Haque Oct. 06, 2022 858 -
Achieving ACID Transactions in a Globally Distributed Database Daniel Abadi, Matt Freels Sep. 20, 2017 2316 7
Building scalable dApps with Ethereum, Polygon and Fauna Shashank Golla, Nishant Madichetti Aug. 13, 2021 1479 -
Building an image processing pipeline with Fauna's streaming Pier Bover Feb. 24, 2021 4059 -
Why Fauna: The limitations of alternative databases and the Fauna advantage Tyson Trautmann, Wyatt Wenzel Aug. 21, 2023 1228 -
Achieving low latencies and low emissions at the edge for Climatiq’s carbon calculation API Wyatt Wenzel May. 15, 2023 2083 -
How to build an edge API gateway with Fastly's Compute@Edge and Fauna Zee Khoo Dec. 02, 2021 4677 -
Demystifying Database Systems, Part 4: Isolation levels vs. Consistency levels Daniel J. Abadi Aug. 23, 2019 3157 3
Lessons Learned Livin' La Vida JAMstack Matt Attaway Jan. 24, 2020 822 -
Comparing DynamoDB and Fauna for multi-region data stores Cintia Del Rio May. 20, 2022 1362 -
Fauna and Cloaked: A multi-region database solution for a privacy-focused app - Sep. 21, 2022 1408 -
Fauna and generous.studio: Scalable setup through serverless and document-relational features - Oct. 12, 2022 1313 -
Getting Started w/ Fauna: An Introduction to Background Resources Chris Anderson Mar. 21, 2018 2044 -
What exactly is a key-value store? - Apr. 14, 2021 687 -
Serializability vs “Strict” Serializability: The Dirty Secret of Database Isolation Levels Daniel Abadi, Matt Freels Feb. 21, 2019 2387 87
Additional features to help you build faster! Shashank Golla Sep. 17, 2021 358 -
Multi-region scaling with Fauna Furqan Butt Jul. 21, 2022 1756 -
Introducing Schema as Code capabilities with new DevOps tooling and integrations Wyatt Wenzel Nov. 14, 2023 1225 -
Supporting Insights.gg’s 100K global daily active users with Fauna, Cloudflare Workers, and Fly.io Wyatt Wenzel Jun. 14, 2023 1967 -
Power Your Development with AI: Introducing Fauna’s AI Assistant Matt Ryan Dec. 08, 2023 575 -
Build low-latency global apps that meet data residency requirements Shashank Golla Nov. 17, 2022 619 -
How to scale a database - Oct. 02, 2021 1011 -
What is a Document Database? - Nov. 09, 2020 2202 -
SiteGPT: Delivering a globally distributed generative AI application with Fauna, Cloudflare, and Pinecone Wyatt Wenzel Aug. 30, 2023 2200 -
Delivering faster user experiences with Vercel Edge Functions and Fauna Jaden Baptista Jan. 06, 2022 1471 -
Data management, SOC 2 Type 2, and marketing leader to accelerate adoption Eric Berg May. 24, 2022 652 -
DynamoDB pain points: How to address them and exploring possible alternatives Shadid Haque Jan. 24, 2023 2013 -
Using ACID Transactions to Combine Queries and Ensure Integrity Chris Anderson Jun. 06, 2018 1580 -
Beyond SQL: A relational database for modern applications Matt Freels Aug. 21, 2023 5548 59
Getting Started with Fauna using Go | Part 3 Cary Bourgeois Aug. 18, 2018 206 -
How Hannon Hill’s personalization application supports up to 4.6M daily transactions with Fauna and AWS Wyatt Wenzel May. 03, 2023 1921 -
Fauna's global application partner ecosystem Wyatt Wenzel Nov. 30, 2022 2612 -
Introducing Fauna’s SOC2 Certification Matt Arthur Jul. 07, 2021 609 -

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