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Once you build a sample application, the logical next step is to improve its query performance and functionality. This may include tasks like adding indexes, reviewing the query execution plan, and optimizing sorting performance. Well… we’ve designed a free Cockroach University course to help you do just that! CockroachDB Query Performance for Developers introduces you to key CockroachDB features that will help you improve your application and take your understanding of CockroachDB to the next level. Continue reading to learn more about this course!

Cockroach Labs was recently named on both Crain’s and Built in NYC’s “Best Places to Work” lists. In the published blurbs, they talk about the way our team treats employees: from the really important perks like great healthcare to the smaller ones like office snacks and Citibike memberships. I think what these lists are missing, however, is a greater sense of how Cockroach Labs views its relationship to the humans we interact with: our employees, our customers, and the world at large. One of the many ways this is manifested is in our company’s corporate giving initiatives. Here are some of the charitable giving practices we’ve instituted, and how they contribute to making Cockroach Labs a great place to work.

Early stage capital is one of the many financial services sectors experiencing digital disruption. Up and coming startup founders are increasingly turning to online equity crowdfunding platforms instead of pursuing traditional early-stage capital raising methods. In recent years, equity crowdfunding was established as a reliable and popular mechanism for startups and SMEs to raise capital. However, building an affordable, easy-to-use online platform for companies (and investors) to use is not an easy feat. There are many challenges associated with adhering to data regulations, reaching customers in different regions, and scaling to accommodate growth.

Cassie McAllister

April 15, 2021

Titanic is a 1997 Oscar-winning film starring Leonard DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (who will from now on be referred to as K8 Winslet) in a love story aboard the ill-fated Titanic ship. As we know, the Titanic was an “unsinkable ship” - the largest ship in the world at that time - yet it sank mere days into its maiden voyage, costing the lives of 1500 people on board when it hit an iceberg and sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912. I want to reimagine the ending of the Titanic, both the ship’s ending and the film’s. We’re going to look at the story through the lens of Kubernetes and distributed database technology to see how the story could have ended happily.

In 2019, we published an exploration of the size and makeup of the executable files produced by the Go compiler. CockroachDB engineers, the Go team, and the greater Go community were intrigued by the analysis, and the results of it pushed our projects further. Two years passed, and both Go and CockroachDB had evolved significantly in that time. We wanted to explore: What might have changed? What could we learn?

*Guest post alert! Marla and Ali worked with the Cockroach Labs team to get the ActiveRecord CockroachDB Adapter ready for Rails 5.2 and beyond! Their work with Cockroach Labs is done, but the adapter lives on. This blog post was originally shared on their blog at Test Double.*

This past summer, we launched the Infinite Colors employee resource group, or CREWS (Cockroach Employees Who Support), at Cockroach Labs. What is Infinite Colors? Infinite Colors is an employee-driven initiative to raise awareness and share resources about the challenges and opportunities of neurodiversity in the workplace.

It’s been over a year since we released Cockroach University. In that time, we’ve launched two new developer courses, hired a full team of training professionals, and planned out a comprehensive roadmap for the future. Over 6,000 developers, architects, engineers, and other tech professionals have enrolled in one or more Cockroach University classes. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback so far but one comment we heard over and over again is that our students would appreciate shorter courses that focus on different skill sets.

In summer 2019, the Infinite Colors employee resource group, or CREWS (Cockroach Employees Who Support), was launched at Cockroach Labs. It is an employee-driven initiative, and its mission statement is to raise awareness and share resources about the challenges and opportunities of neurodiversity in the workplace.