Data in the Wild

Queen Raae

Learn from your favorite indie hackers as they share hard-earned lessons and tall tales from their data model journeys! Brought to you by Xata — the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL.

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  1. The Two Hard Things in Software Development with Benedikt Deicke

    2024. 05. 29.

    The Two Hard Things in Software Development with Benedikt Deicke

    Today, we’re joined by Benedikt Deicke, co-founder and CTO of Userlist. He talks to us about why naming things and cache invalidation are hard, why it’s a good idea to denormalize your data sometimes, and more. UserlistReal Time Analytics with PostgreSQLFollow Benedikt on TwitterFollow Userlist on Twitter and LinkedInVisit Benedikt’s websiteChapters(01:28) - What is Userlist? (02:10) - Userlist’s tech stack (04:40) - You don’t always have to normalize your data (12:27) - Naming things is hard (14:01) - Cache invalidation is hard (18:28) - How Userlist maintains data accuracy (29:24) - How Benedikt developed their real-time reporting engine (32:49) - Database consistency (37:14) - Benedikt’s tall tale about deleting large data Sponsor This show is brought to you by Xata, the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL. Develop applications faster, knowing your data layer is ready to evolve and scale with your needs. About the Hosts Queen Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.  Around the same time, Captain Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started. These days, you’ll find them building web apps live on stream and doing developer marketing work for clients. They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing. Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.

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Learn from your favorite indie hackers as they share hard-earned lessons and tall tales from their data model journeys! Brought to you by Xata — the only serverless data platform for PostgreSQL.