#CopyOnWrite
🚨 New Video Alert! 🚨

New to #apacheIceberg table configurations? You should definitely know about #copyOnWrite and #mergeOnRead and how they affect the performance of your writes. ✏️

Listen along to figure out what they are and when you should use each. 👇
#dataengineering #datalake #datalakehouse
April 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
You want to do database branching but all the different pricing options confuse you?

Take a look at our in-depth branch pricing comparison blog we’ve just published which goes through real-world use cases and compares @xata.io, Neon and Supabase.

#postgres #copyonwrite
Part 2 of our Postgres branching series is live. This time we compare costs across 5 real-world scenarios 💰

• CI/CD previews
• High availability
• Multi-tenant SaaS
• Model training
• Ephemeral agent DBs

See how Xata, Neon & Supabase compare 📊

xata.io/blog/neon-vs...
PostgreSQL Branching: Xata vs. Neon vs. Supabase - Part 2 by Alex Francoeur
Take a closer look at PostgreSQL branching by comparing Xata, Neon, and Supabase on architecture, features, and real-world costs.
xata.io
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🚀 Save Storage & Boost Efficiency with Copy-on-Write!

Why waste space? Copy-on-Write slashes storage use, enables instant snapshots, and speeds up cloning.

🔍 See this Quick Bytes episode to see how simplyblock makes storage smarter!

📺 [Watch now] → youtu.be/wMy1r8RVTz8

#StorageHacks #CopyOnWrite
What is Copy-On-Write (CoW)?
YouTube video by simplyblock
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🔥 Afternoon Hot Take

Database branching is genuinely exciting and should've existed a decade ago. But I need to see the actual storage multiplier when you have 50 engineer branches open for a week before I believe "cheap to maintain."

#Postgres #DatabaseBranching #DevInfra #CopyOnWrite
Database Branching in Postgres: Git-Style Workflows with Databricks Lakebase
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databricks.com
April 13, 2026 at 7:37 PM
December 24, 2024 at 8:26 AM
#Swift uses something like this:

“Simple Fast Value Semantics”, Tibor ‘zupa’ Halter, #Boomla (boomla.com/docs/simple-...).

“isKnownUniquelyReferenced(_:)” (developer.apple.com/documentatio....

Via Lobsters: lobste.rs/s/xo7a4v/sim...

On HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4113...

#PLDI #CopyOnWrite
Simple fast value semantics - Boomla
boomla.com
August 3, 2024 at 5:06 AM
November 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM