The operational relational schema paradigm
An exploration of the current landscape of schema change methodology and what the future should look like.
May 09, 2022
May 02, 2022
Data Interactivity in the Serverless Future (HYTRADBOI 2022)
Dynamic application developers need global state management, not a database.
James (@jamesacowling) presents his talk from the HYTRADBOI 2022 database conference on how Convex is rethinking how app developers manage global state.
April 28, 2022
Consensus algorithms at scale: Part 5 - Handling races
In part 5 of our consensus algorithms series we discuss how we handle race conditions and forward progress requirements.
April 27, 2022
Convex vs. Relational Databases
Relational databases are powerful tools for persisting data, but using them to build interactive web apps requires a lot of work. A web app architecture built on a relational database is an entire cluster of databases, backends, caching nodes, and Pub/Sub servers. And even after you invest in all of that infrastructure you'll still need to explicitly define your database schema upfront and write cumbersome SQL queries.
At Convex we believe that web developers shouldn't have to worry about any of this. We can handle the servers, caching, and reactivity and you can focus on your product.
April 26, 2022
HTML event handler attributes: down the rabbit hole
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April 21, 2022
Convex vs. Firebase
On Cloud Firestore, you'll have to do some acrobatics to integrate with React and listen for realtime updates. Down the road, you'll find your app full of slow loading experiences from request waterfalls and your database full of half-committed mutations.
April 20, 2022
Works With Supabase - announcing our Partner Gallery
Introducing our Partner Gallery - open source and made with Supabase.