Scaling a Spring application with a YugabyteDB cluster
Introduction In this article, we are going to see that scaling the data access layer of a Spring application can be done very easily with a YugabyteDB cluster. As I explained in this article, YugabyteDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that offers all the benefits of a typical relational database (e.g., SQL, strong consistency, ACID transactions) with the advantages of a globally-distributed auto-sharded database system (e.g., NoSQL document databases).
The awesome BaseJpaRepository from Hypersistence Utils
Introduction In this article, I’m going to explain how you can use the BaseJpaRepository from the Hypersistence Utils OSS project as an alternative to the default Spring Data JpaRepository. The reason why I’m not using the default JpaRepository on any of my Spring projects is that it provides some terrible defaults that can be very easily misused, like: The findAll Anti-Pattern The JPA save Anti-Pattern So, there are two ways you can fix the problems induced by the default JpaRepository: You can use the HibernateRepository to deprecate the questionable methods that you… Read More
YugabyteDB Connection Pooling
Introduction In this article, we are going to see the overhead of acquiring a new connection when using YugabyteDB and why connection pooling is mandatory for performance.
