https://agilesoftdev.com/tags/databases/ Recent content in databases on Agile Software Development Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://agilesoftdev.com/altsql-lets-iot-teams-ship-products-that-work-offline-and-sync-automatically/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://agilesoftdev.com/altsql-lets-iot-teams-ship-products-that-work-offline-and-sync-automatically/ Teams building connected products face a design choice that kills agility: either the device depends on the server for everything, or you build a converter that keeps two data formats in sync. The device has readings and settings in its own format. The server wants those same values as SQL rows. Somebody writes a converter. Then somebody has to keep that converter alive and correct for ten years. The converter approach is why IoT teams move slowly. https://agilesoftdev.com/precomputing-keeps-dashboards-fast-without-slowing-development-cycles/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://agilesoftdev.com/precomputing-keeps-dashboards-fast-without-slowing-development-cycles/ Teams that ship features fast need dashboards that answer questions instantly. The usual pattern is to recalculate answers on every refresh, or to ship all your data to a hosted analytics service and wait for it to ingest. Both approaches have the same problem: the dashboard either waits for the query, or you pay for scale you don’t need most of the time. In either case, answering a question about your product becomes a friction point.