Slacks rapid growth over the last few years outpaced the original databases scaling capacity, which negatively impacted the company's customers and engineers. Ameet Kotian explains how a small team of engineers embarked on a journey for the right database solution, which eventually led them to Vitess, an open source cluster database.

The ongoing shift from hardware-based, dedicated network functionality to software-based networking built on virtualized infrastructure appears to be in full swing. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), w …

IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the nature of tutorials, this session has been placed in a smaller capacity room to help facilitate a conducive learning environment. Space is very limited and seating will be g …

IMPORTANT NOTE:Due to the nature of tutorials, this session has been placed in a smaller capacity room to help facilitate a conducive learning environment. Space is very limited and seating will be g …

IMPORTANT NOTE:Due to the nature of tutorials, this session has been placed in a smaller capacity room to help facilitate a conducive learning environment. Space is very limited and seating will be g …

IMPORTANT NOTE:Due to the nature of tutorials, this session has been placed in a smaller capacity room to help facilitate a conducive learning environment. Space is very limited and seating will be g …

IMPORTANT NOTE:Due to the nature of tutorials, this session has been placed in a smaller capacity room to help facilitate a conducive learning environment. Space is very limited and seating will be g …

Vitess is an open source project started by YouTube to help with scaling of its MySQL databases. It has now gained substantial adoption in the community, especially because it bridges the gap between …