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Date Published
Author
Bryn Llewellyn
Word count
1773
Language
English
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None

Summary

I've summarized the text for you: As an experienced developer who spent almost thirty years at Oracle, I'm excited to join YugaByteDB as a Developer Advocate, where I'll work with a modern, cloud-native, and open-source distributed SQL database. The key differences between Oracle Database and YugabyteDB lie in their architecture, scalability, and fault tolerance, which are designed for the cloud era. Distributed SQL is a new paradigm that allows for scaling out and gaining fault tolerance through table shards automatically replicated across multiple machines. Cloud native means agility, freedom to change infrastructure choices, and relief from tedious tasks. Open source enables developers to choose software without licensing costs or financial commitment. I'm drawn to YugaByteDB's modernity, its promise to restore SQL's popularity in distributed architecture, and the opportunity to work with a high-growth startup team where I'll play multiple roles during a single day.