Navigating the ScyllaDB Odyssey: Dor Laor on CodeStory

ScyllaDB has experienced a transformative 2023, marked by significant architectural advancements, customer success stories, and a focus on elasticity innovation, culminating in a record-breaking P99 CONF and a book release. Originating from a project to build an operating system better suited for virtualization workloads than Linux, ScyllaDB emerged after its founders, Dor Laor and Avi Kivity, recognized inefficiencies in Java-based database implementations like Cassandra. By leveraging modern C++ and a shard-per-core design, they developed ScyllaDB to deliver high performance and scalability. The company has grown to about 160 employees, maintaining a high standard set by its initial team rooted in the open-source community. Looking ahead, ScyllaDB aims to rival DynamoDB in usability while enhancing infrastructure for dynamic workloads, with plans to introduce extreme elasticity in its core product. The ScyllaDB Summit serves as a platform for the community to share insights and learn about ongoing developments, featuring contributions from major industry players like Discord and Expedia.