UUIDv7 is a newer UUID variant designed for modern, distributed systems. Unlike UUIDv4 (fully random), UUIDv7 embeds a Unix timestamp (milliseconds) in […]
Read MoreExploring Tablet Placement with yb_tablet_metadata
In a distributed SQL database like YugabyteDB, understanding where data actually lives is just as important as understanding the schema itself. Once […]
Read MoreDetermining Whether a Read Was Served by a Leader or a Follower
YugabyteDB supports follower reads for YSQL, allowing read-only queries to be served from follower replicas where the data is exactly stale equal […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Smart-Driver Pooling with Multiple Connection Pools (and Important Known Issues)
In a [previous tip], we enforced a global max connection limit while load balancing Npgsql connections across a YugabyteDB cluster. That earlier […]
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