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When Slow Clients Become Your Bottleneck (ClientRead Waits Explained)

Jim KnicelyMarch 23, 2026

When diagnosing performance issues in YugabyteDB, it’s easy to focus on: ● Query plans ● Tablet distribution ● RPC latency But sometimes […]

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Instantly Estimate Row Counts (Smart, Fast, and Composite-Key Aware)

Jim KnicelyMarch 23, 2026

Getting a row count in YugabyteDB seems simple: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM transfers; But in a distributed system, this is: ● A full-table […]

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Why ORDER BY Can Sort a Value Differently Than What You See

Jim KnicelyMarch 19, 2026

Sometimes a query result looks wrong at first glance… until you realize YugabyteDB is doing exactly what the type system told it […]

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PITR vs Instant Database Cloning in YugabyteDB (and How to Use Them Safely with CDC)

Jim KnicelyMarch 18, 2026

If someone accidentally drops a table, runs a bad UPDATE, or deletes the wrong rows, YugabyteDB gives you two very powerful recovery-oriented […]

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