Your Data Access Layer Doesn’t Understand Databases
Here’s what nobody in the data access space wants to admit: the tools built to simplify database work have quietly offloaded the hardest parts back onto your application. Not by …
Your Primary Key Is Making Your DB Slow
Split business identity from surrogate; spend clustering where it pays. TL;DR Don’t cluster on row IDs. Keep a surrogate id for FKs (UUIDv7/NEWSEQUENTIALID()/INT). Make the business key the PK or …
pengdows.crud is now released as opensource
🚀 Introducing Pengdows.CRUD – SQL-First, Developer-Focused, Cross-Database Simplicity for .NET Pengdows.CRUD is now open source! This is not an ORM — on purpose. It’s a clean, high-performance, developer-centric data access …
Onions in Milkshakes: A Case for GUIDs and Deterministic IDs with BLAKE3
Data integrity isn’t just theory—it’s the difference between a cheeseburger and a milkshake full of onions. Intro Picture yourself running a classic diner. Burgers sizzling on the grill, fries crisping …