https://blog.djvelimir.com/tags/heather-downing/Recent content in Heather Downing on BlogHugoen-usMon, 15 Jun 2026 18:08:57 +0200https://blog.djvelimir.com/post/conferences/distributed-databases-what-could-possibly-go-wrong---heather-downing---ndc-sydney-2026/Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:08:57 +0200https://blog.djvelimir.com/post/conferences/distributed-databases-what-could-possibly-go-wrong---heather-downing---ndc-sydney-2026/<div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share; fullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8zgUMgntNIA?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <p>Scaling a database sounds like a great idea, but have you considered the number of ways it can fail? Add some nodes, throw in replication, and suddenly you&rsquo;re explaining to stakeholders why two customers saw two different truths at the same time. Turns out distributed systems have opinions about physics - but data modeling can help.</p>