2026
Clickhouse — a Weird but Powerful Columnar, Lsm-based Data Warehouse
ClickHouse is fast, but is it the right tool for your next-gen analytics and ML workloads? Explore its architecture, trade-offs, and when it shines—or struggles.
Software Modularity: Trivial Concept, Yet Still Rarely Done Right!
Modularity isn’t just a buzzword. Discover David Parnas’ timeless principles of breaking software into modules for flexibility, clarity, and team efficiency.
OLAPs and Columnar File Formats
Which file format—Parquet, Arrow, or ORC—is best for Lakehouse analytics? Discover key trade-offs and performance tips from a Microsoft research paper.
The Architecture of Evolution: Why the Lakehouse is Inevitable
Great architecture isn't about chasing tools. A deep dive into the CIDR 2021 paper on why the 'Two-Tier' architecture is obsolete and how the Lakehouse works under the hood.
2025
Engineering for Exabytes: Lessons from IBM COS
How do you achieve 15-nines durability? A deep dive into IBM's Cloud Object Storage architecture: SecureSlice, ZSS, and why math beats brute force replication.