🧭 What You’ll Learn ● Why DDL may not block DML in YugabyteDB by default ● How behavior changes when table-level locks […]
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Visualizing Tablet Distribution with Real Row Counts in YugabyteDB
TL;DR This tip introduces yb-topology-viewer, a lightweight demo application that helps you visualize how data is actually distributed across a YugabyteDB cluster […]
Read MoreExploring Tablet Distribution and Leader Placement in YugabyteDB
TL;DR YugabyteDB splits hash-sharded tables into tablets using a deterministic hash space, replicates each tablet across nodes, and places leaders according to […]
Read MoreFaster exact row counts in YugabyteDB using range sharding and tablet-level parallelism
Exact row counts are common in migrations, validation, and operational checks. In YugabyteDB, SELECT COUNT(*) is correct and already distributed, but it […]
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