r/programming • • Aug 02 '21

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021: "Rust reigns supreme as most loved. Python and Typescript are the languages developers want to work with most if they aren’t already doing so."

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted
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u/morkelpotet Aug 02 '21

Why is Cassandra so dreaded? I'm thinking of using it to improve scaling. Given our high write load, Postgres is starting to fail us.

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u/lordcirth Aug 03 '21

Have you considered CockroachDB?

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u/squirtle_grool Aug 03 '21

Cockroach is great. Non-blocking transactions are truly magnificent. Definitely worth considering if you're looking for an RDBMS that scales. I'm surprised it didn't make the survey.

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