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ScyllaDB is the database for data-intensive applications that require predictable performance at scale (like @Bsky.app)!

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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 29/09/2026
One of the unique parts of #P99CONF is that you can choose your own learning adventure through various tracks. With the October 21-22 agenda set, you can start planning your two half days for our free and virtual conference. Learn more in our agenda blog. p99conf.io/2026/09/29/p... #ScyllaDB
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P99 CONF 26 Agenda: The Wait is Over
Finally, the P99 CONF 2026 agenda is set. We won’t bore you with all the behind-the-scenes juggling and jigsaw work involved. Please, just make sure you’re signed up, then start choosing your own…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 28/09/2026
💪 Monday motivation: If you have questions about database performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and how #ScyllaDB compares to others, don't miss our free webinar on September 30. Our engineers address the challenges of various workload patterns and host a Q&A. lp.scylladb.com/discovery-wo...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 24/09/2026
A tighter integration between Feast and ScyllaDB brings vector search support and better performance to the online store. Attila Toth looks at what changed, why ScyllaDB fits feature store workloads, and how to configure it in Feast. Check it out here > feast.dev/blog/scyllad... #ScyllaDB
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Feast Feature and Vector Serving at ScyllaDB Speed
Starting with Feast v0.65, a new tighter integration between Feast and ScyllaDB brings vector search support and better performance to the online store. This post covers what changed, why teams outgro...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 23/09/2026
Whether it's overprovisioned clusters, bolt-on cache layers, storage that never stops growing, or hidden cloud networking charges, AI costs add up quickly. Join us on September 24 as we apply cost-saving approaches to a sample application #ScyllaDB Cloud. lp.scylladb.com/hidden-costs...
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Ragnar {Groot Koerkamp} @curiouscoding.nl · 22/09/2026
I'll also present the SimdQuickHeap at P99, in case you missed it at the ESA best paper session ;) Basically, it's a pretty simple data structure inspired by quickselect with some SIMD sprinkled on top that's up to 2x faster than all other priority queues and up to 8x faster than binary heaps!
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 22/09/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: If you're interested in low latency, don't miss our free virtual #P99CONF on Oct. 21-22. You'll learn & connect with @lemire.bsky.social @reconditerose.bsky.social @fasterthanli.me @chiphuyen.bsky.social @sgkaram.bsky.social & many more. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 21/09/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Whether you’re running ScyllaDB or just starting to explore high-performance databases, our October 8 webinar covers major updates like full-text search, object store backend, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure integration. Save your spot: lp.scylladb.com/wbn-scylladb... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 18/09/2026
At #P99CONF, Netflix's Rajat Shah will explain where an agent earns autonomy, where it doesn't, and a finding that the agent surfaced, caught, fixed, and canary-confirmed- with no ticket, no on-call, and no performance engineer. Save your spot today! www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 17/09/2026
When TigerBeetleDB needed to connect to object storage, these principles made the official SDKs a poor fit. Georg Kreuzmayr will share how they built everything from the ground up, in Zig, during a highly technical #P99CONF session. Register for free here > www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 16/09/2026
One of our most anticipated #P99CONF speakers is @lemire.bsky.social. A popular request from our community, we can't wait to hear Daniel present Billion-Query-Per-Second Lookup Tables in C++ on Oct. 21-22. Learn more about him and his session here > p99conf.io/2026/09/15/s... #ScyllaDB
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P99 CONF Speaker Spotlight: Daniel Lemire
Persistence apparently pays off. The P99 CONF community has been requesting Daniel Lemire for a few years now, and the stars finally aligned. In just about a month (!), Daniel and Francisco Geiman…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 10/09/2026
What is being done to the quantization model to make it smaller? At #P99CONF @samwho.dev will dive into the process of making models smaller and the tools to use. To get you ready for his session, we sat down with him to learn more about what he's working on. p99conf.io/2026/09/09/s... #ScyllaDB
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P99 CONF Speaker Spotlight: Sam Rose
If you frequent Hacker News, you’ve probably seen Sam Rose’s work. He’s the mastermind behind “visual, interactive essays” that are educational, beautiful, and also just mesmerizing…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 07/09/2026
Aurora DSQL made three engineering bets to keep commit latency predictable and eliminate the biggest sources of tail variance. Raluca Constantin will show a multi-statement transaction flow through the architecture during a highly technical #P99CONF session. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 03/09/2026
Monster Scale Summit welcomes engineers, architects, and SREs to virtually explore “monster scale” challenges. If you're working on applications that deliver real-time responses at massive scale, we'd love to have you present to our attendees > sessionize.com/monster-scal... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 01/09/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: How can you keep overprovisioned clusters, bolt-on cache layers, storage that never stops growing, and cloud networking charges from spiralling? Join us on September 24 to learn how to cut cloud networking charges. lp.scylladb.com/hidden-costs... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 31/08/2026
An internal hackathon led us to develop a new C# RS Driver. After seeing little research available on the Rust <-> C# interop, we came down to two options. We dive into how we built a self-baked async FFI Framework in this technical blog. www.scylladb.com/2026/08/31/a... #ScyllaDB
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A Self-Baked Async FFI Framework for Rust C# Interop
How we got tokio and .NET’s async runtime talking to each other, over the C ABI…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 27/08/2026
We built a #Rustlang driver for ScyllaDB Alternator that achieves ~58% higher throughput than the AWS SDK driver on a 3-node cluster, with low P99 latencies. To measure the performance, we extended our Latte tool to work with DynamoDB API as well as CQL. www.scylladb.com/2026/08/27/n... #ScyllaDB
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Building a New Rust Driver for ScyllaDB’s DynamoDB API – with 58% More Throughput
How our new Rust driver load-balances DynamoDB-style requests across a ScyllaDB cluster, and how we extended Latte to measure its performance…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 24/08/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Factors like storage engine design, contention, backpressure, and I/O can be the difference between scaling writes and falling short. We share our best practices and strategies for optimizing write performance on August 26. lp.scylladb.com/optimizing-w... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 21/08/2026
Topcoat brings the same stack that solidified infrastructure to teams building web applications. @carllerche.com's #P99CONF talk explores how it is turning infrastructure engineers into full-stack developers by being built on #Rustlang & Tokio. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 20/08/2026
If you're passionate about open source and solving problems, we have a #P99CONF speaker for you! @reconditerose.bsky.social will be presenting at our free and virtual conference on October 21-22, so we sat down to learn a little more about her. p99conf.io/2026/08/19/s... #ScyllaDB
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P99 CONF Speaker Spotlight: Madelyn Olson
Get to know Madelyn Olson, Principal Software Engineer at AWS — and Valkey co-creator/maintainer — in anticipation of her P99 CONF talk: “”The Vertical Scaling Wall, and How Valkey Gets Over It.”…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 20/08/2026
Whether you’re designing, implementing, or optimizing systems that are pushed to their limits, we’d love to hear about your most impressive achievements and lessons learned. Submit your application to speak at Monster Scale Summit today! sessionize.com/monster-scal... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 19/08/2026
DoorDash reported over 970 million orders in Q2 of 2026. At #P99CONF, Luigi Tagliamonte will show how they engineered a "clusterless" ML feature store after their Redis cluster hit its vertical scaling limits. Don't miss this technical session > www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 14/08/2026
How can you build a system that scales up and down while consistently serving sub-millisecond traffic? Join @reconditerose.bsky.social at #P99CONF to learn how they benchmark their system and what key metrics to focus on. Save your spot for free today! www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 12/08/2026
To predict what’s likely to appeal to a reader, Medium processes user activity signals and correlates them with a steady stream of recommendations. But how do they store and retrieve the data to ensure the content is relevant while the user is browsing? www.scylladb.com/2026/08/11/m... #ScyllaDB
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How Medium Powers Real-Time Recommendations at 1M OPS
Inside Medium’s move from relational features to list features in its ScyllaDB-based feature store “Keep readers reading” is the not-so-simple goal of Medium’s recommendations system. To predict what’...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 11/08/2026
Don't miss your chance for an exclusive look at what's new while getting a first look at experimental features in ScyllaDB. On August 13, we will dive into options like DynamoDB compatible API, ScyllaDB Cloud, and performance and stability enhancements. lp.scylladb.com/wbn-scylladb... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 10/08/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Designed for teams running over 50K OPS with strict P99 latency requirements, our August 26 masterclass shares a framework for diagnosing write bottlenecks and knowing which strategies to apply in different scenarios. lp.scylladb.com/optimizing-w... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 06/08/2026
A single ScyllaDB Cloud layer can serve fresh feature point-reads and approximate-nearest-neighbour vector queries from the same engine and data to keep both fast while the write volume spikes. Learn how to do so with #ScyllaDB on August 20. Sign up for free here > lp.scylladb.com/wbn-vector-s...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 05/08/2026
If you succeed in making your app popular, you will learn which dimensions you need to scale. In an excerpt from @martin.kleppmann.com and @chris.blue's latest book, they break down the scalability considerations for designing data-intensive applications. www.scylladb.com/2026/08/04/d... #ScyllaDB
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DDIA 2nd Edition Excerpt: On Scalability
Martin Kleppmann and Chris Ricommini’s scalability considerations for designing data-intensive applications — from the second edition of the Designing Data-Intensive Applications book…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 03/08/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Our 2026.2 release is more stable and faster than any past one. Find out what's new and the upcoming features that could help your team in our August 13 technical walkthrough w/ @tzach.bsky.social, Nadav Har'El, & Marcin Maliszkiewicz. lp.scylladb.com/wbn-scylladb... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 30/07/2026
To hit KERNEL's sub‑30ms browser boot times, they evolved their stack from containers to unikernels to microVMs. Catherine Jue will share what it takes to make cloud browsers crazy fast during a highly technical #P99CONF session. Save your spot for free > www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 28/07/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: At our free & virtual #P99CONF, @ngrok.com's Sam Rose will dive into the mathematical process applied to models to make them smaller and introduce our audience to tools that gauge how much a quantized model differs from its original. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 27/07/2026
Get real-time, hands-on guidance from #ScyllaDB engineers at our ScyllaDB University LIVE on July 29. Choose between parallel tracks tailored to your experience level, and enjoy an exclusive training-packed session with new database content. Save your spot now! lp.scylladb.com/scylladb-uni...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 24/07/2026
ScyllaDB University Live offers free, live-only tracks covering everything from high-availability data modeling to production cluster optimization & client-side resiliency. Join us on July 29 to gain real experience through guided hands-on labs. lp.scylladb.com/scylladb-uni... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 23/07/2026
When running high-throughput systems on machines with many cores, CPU time spent on low-level I/O handling competes directly with CPU time needed for application-level work. We show exactly what you need to do to improve the system's overall balance. www.scylladb.com/2026/07/22/a... #ScyllaDB
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Offloading I/O to Dedicated Cores: An Asymmetric io_uring Backend for Seastar and ScyllaDB
We moved low-level I/O execution off application cores to dedicated networking cores using Seastar’s new asymmetric_io_uring backend. Explore the architecture design, trade-offs, and benchmark results...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 21/07/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: Teams are migrating to NoSQL databases to alleviate maintenance burdens and/or control costs. We share proven tips for planning, executing, and de-risking a migration so you can ensure minimal disruption to your team and users. www.scylladb.com/2026/07/21/w... #ScyllaDB
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What Matters Most for NoSQL Migrations
How to prioritize the things that matter most for planning, executing and de-risking your NoSQL database migration…
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 16/07/2026
On July 23, we are building a real-time feature store on #ScyllaDB and pointing it at a live exchange. Using per entity features that update as each trade lands, this is an incredible opportunity to learn the exact steps of building an AI pipeline for real-time data. lp.scylladb.com/wbn-fast-fea...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 14/07/2026
"The network is slow." At P99 CONF, CDN77's Daniel Sedlak will explain how they ended up writing a kernel patch when the usual suspects of this slowdown were not the cause. Don't miss this highly technical session; sign up for free: www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB #P99CONF
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 10/07/2026
@dominiktornow.bsky.social always brings highly technical insights to our conferences. Join Dominik at @P99CONF to learn how a closed loop guided an agent from prompt to a production-grade implementation of @resonatehqio.bsky.social on ScyllaDB. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB #P99CONF
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 09/07/2026
If your AI pipelines struggle to ingest fresh features fast enough, the bottleneck is often the data store. On July 23, Tim Koopmans and Guilherme Nogueira will demonstrate how to build and tune an AI pipeline optimized for real-time data delivery. lp.scylladb.com/wbn-fast-fea... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 08/07/2026
Aerospike’s design means provisioning more nodes just to hold empty disk space. Because ScyllaDB keeps a highly optimized RAM-to-disk ratio, you can run the exact same 6 TB workload on two dense nodes instead of eight. Learn more from @dorlaor.bsky.social. www.scylladb.com/2026/07/06/s... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB vs Aerospike, Wide-Column vs. Key/Value
Wide-column flexibility doesn’t have to come at the expense of performance -- see where the two models differ, where each one wins, and why you no longer have to choose
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 06/07/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Fast scaling, max efficiency, and lower cost. When demand surges, ScyllaDB X Cloud will handle it without overprovisioning or babysitting. Watch Guilherme Nogueira explain and see how you can get up and running on X Cloud in minutes. www.scylladb.com/product/scyl... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 03/07/2026
📖 Your Weekend Read: We are already halfway through 2026, which means we are that much closer to P99 CONF. To help get you ready for one of our signature events, we look back at popular 2025 sessions that included talks on AI, vector search, and LLMs. p99conf.io/2025/10/28/p... #ScyllaDB #P99CONF
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 02/07/2026
ScyllaDB can handle millions of operations per second without any problem, but we couldn’t do the same with connections. Here's how we successfully mitigated performance-degrading connection storms to achieve a 1000x reduction in tail latency. www.scylladb.com/2026/07/01/c... #ScyllaDB
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Cutting P99 Latency 1000X During Connection Storms by Hardening ScyllaDB Admission Control
ScyllaDB successfully mitigated performance-degrading connection storms by optimizing caching, throttling, and password hashing to achieve a 1000x reduction in tail latency
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 01/07/2026
A feature flag evaluation service handling ~500k requests per minute across 300 Django pods was hitting hard scaling limits. At #P99CONF, Dylan Martin, will share how they rewrote the entire feature flag service in Rust, and what has happened since. www.p99conf.io?latest_sfdc_... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 30/06/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: The ScyllaDB 2026.2 release brings a combination of GA new features, exciting experimental features, and multiple stability and external use case improvements. We break down what makes this update more stable, faster, and better. www.scylladb.com/2026/06/29/s... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB 2026.2: DynamoDB Streams and Vector Search, Trie Indexes, and Strongly Consistent Tables
ScyllaDB 2026.2 brings a combination of GA new features, exciting experimental features, and multiple stability and external use case improvements.
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 29/06/2026
💪 Monday motivation: Early in Bluesky's journey, they crossed 25 million users while only employing 15 engineers and decided to move off AWS. How did they do it, and what challenges did they encounter along the way? Find out from them here > newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 26/06/2026
📖 Your Weekend Read: When your data consists of huge blobs, you will use S3-like storage for blobs and will use CQL/SQL DB to store references to them. With #ScyllaDB, a modified salting technique can address the latency impact of storing large blobs. www.scylladb.com/2026/06/25/u...
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Using Salting to Lower Latency for Large Blobs in ScyllaDB
A modified salting technique that cuts P99 write latency 22x for large blobs
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 24/06/2026
Whether you're just evaluating high-performance databases or looking to optimize a production cluster, our ScyllaDB University Live getting started and product optimization tracks will help you get the most out of #ScyllaDB. Join us for free on July 29 > lp.scylladb.com/scylladb-uni...
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 23/06/2026
💡 Tuesday tech tip: Why do cloud DBs have a cost issue? Due to popular demand, we've made our recent webinar on cutting database costs with @tzach.bsky.social and Guilherme Nogueira available for free. Check out the recording and presentation slides here > www.scylladb.com/webinar/new-... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 17/06/2026
Time is running out to learn the latest capabilities that can reduce your team's infrastructure costs. Join @tzach.bsky.social and Guilherme Nogueira on June 18 to learn a hidden gem that lets you safely balance multiple workloads in a single cluster. lp.scylladb.com/wbn-cut-data... #ScyllaDB
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ScyllaDB @scylladb.com · 16/06/2026
The ScyllaDB Cloud Terraform provider now supports ScyllaDB X Cloud. That means you can provision and manage elastic, autoscaling #ScyllaDB clusters the same way you manage the rest of your infrastructure. See how it can automate your X Cloud clusters. www.scylladb.com/2026/06/16/a...
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Automate ScyllaDB X Cloud Clusters with Terraform
The ScyllaDB Cloud Terraform provider gives you infrastructure-as-code control over your clusters.
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