I think I understand sharding to be putting back your sliced up data (the shards) into an easy to deal with aggregate that makes sense in the context. Is this correct? Update: I guess I am struggling here. In my opinion the application tier should have no business determining where data should be stored. At … Read more
This question already has answers here: What’s the relationship between “a” heap and “the” heap? (10 answers) Closed 10 months ago. Why are the runtime heap used for dynamic memory allocation in C-style languages and the data structure both called “the heap”? Is there some relation? 9 Answers 9
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The BASE acronym is used to describe the properties of certain databases, usually NoSQL databases. It’s often referred to as the opposite of ACID. There are only few articles that touch upon the details of BASE, whereas ACID has plenty of articles that elaborate on each of the atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability properties. Wikipedia … Read more
I’m not sure about the difference. I’m using Hibernate and, in some books, they use JavaBean and POJO as an interchangeable term. I want to know if there is a difference, not just in the Hibernate context, but as general concepts. 10 Answers 10
Trying to understand the subtleties of modern Unicode is making my head hurt. In particular, the distinction between code points, characters, glyphs and graphemes – concepts which in the simplest case, when dealing with English text using ASCII characters, all have a one-to-one relationship with each other – is causing me trouble. Seeing how these … Read more
Generally speaking, we all hear about the functions or procedures in programming languages. However, I just found out that I use these terms almost interchangeably (which is probably very wrong). So, my question is: What is the difference in terms of their functionality, their purpose and use? An example would be appreciated. 18 Answers 18
I have been reading about OAuth and it keeps talking about endpoints. What is exactly an endpoint? 10 Answers 10
I am studying patterns and anti-patterns. I have a clear idea about patterns, but I don’t get anti-patterns. Definitions from the web and Wikipedia confuse me a lot. Can anybody explain to me in simple words what an anti-pattern is? What is the purpose? What do they do? Is it a bad thing or good … Read more
What is a coroutine? How are they related to concurrency? 13 Answers 13
