How engineers fought the CAP theorem in the global war on latency

The founders of Cockroach Labs wanted to ensure data written in one location would be viewable immediately anywhere on the planet. The use case was simple, but the work needed was herculean. Continue reading How engineers fought the CAP theorem in the global war on latency

“Developers, as you know, do not like to pay for things”

Cockroach Labs has many things going for it. The company’s approach to distributed database technology is novel, and it has the potential to gain significant market share internationally. Continue reading “Developers, as you know, do not like to pay for things”

How to protect email addresses in a customer database when you and other third parties must be able to send emails?

I am wondering what methods are used by big companies to protect customer email addresses in their databases. They usually have salespeople all over the world and multiple third-parties (Salesforce, transactional emails, etc.) also need to… Continue reading How to protect email addresses in a customer database when you and other third parties must be able to send emails?