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Distributed Database Architecture: What Is It?

This article, written by Alexander Fridman, was originally published in The New Stack and is reposted here with permission. Scroll below for the author’s profile. A look at the different types, their benefits and drawbacks, and how to design one. Databases...

A Detailed Guide to Formatting Dates in SQL

In modern software applications, time-stamped data is a common requirement. As a software developer or database administrator, you know that formatting dates is crucial for ensuring data accuracy and consistency. But with so many date formats and SQL engines out there,...

SQL Date Functions: A Detailed Guide

SQL provides a date type that developers can use to store date values. Also, to make working with dates easier, SQL has several date functions for retrieving, formatting, and manipulating dates. In this post, you’ll learn about some SQL date functions...

Python Time Module: A How-To Guide

This post was written by Keshav Malik. Scroll down for the author’s bio. The Python time module is a powerful tool for working with times and dates in both simple and complex ways, allowing you to easily manipulate dates, format strings,...

How to Get the Current Date and Time in SQL

This article was written by Pius Aboyi. Scroll down for the author’s bio. SQL databases have several functions that reduce the complexity of working with date and time. Using these functions and a date and time type column, you can depend...

IoT Sensors: What They Are and How to Use Them

This article was written by Rhuan Souza. Scroll down for the author’s bio. For a very long time, businesses in various industries have been using smart sensors. However, with the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), their significance has increased....

What Is eBPF? An Introductory Guide

This post was written by Suleiman Abubakar Sadeeq. Scroll down to view the author’s bio. It’s sometimes necessary to modify the core of an OS — for example, to create more flexibility or allow custom code to run on the OS....

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