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 -
What is a Document Relational Database? Tyson Trautmann Sep. 01, 2022 3349 -
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 -
Demystifying Database Systems, Part 3: Introduction to Consistency Levels Daniel J. Abadi Jul. 25, 2019 2556 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
What is data residency? - Jun. 20, 2021 1176 -
What is ACID Compliance?: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation - Nov. 24, 2020 1850 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Hello World: Azure Functions with Serverless Framework, Node.js and Fauna Chris Anderson Sep. 06, 2017 715 -
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 -
Fauna's Official Jepsen Results Evan Weaver Mar. 05, 2019 1002 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Announcing Fauna Schema: Build, Iterate, and Evolve Schema with Zero Downtime Wyatt Wenzel, Bryan Reinero Jun. 20, 2024 1280 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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