Stage 1 · Lesson 5 of 6
The questions to ask before naming a product
Put the last few topics together into a short list you answer for every project. What shapes is the data? What are the top ?
How big will it get in a year? Which data must be exact? Does anything need full-text search, similarity search or reports over all the data?
Where will the app run, and is there a cloud or a budget already chosen? Who will look after the database, and do they know it already? Write the answers in a few lines at the top of your project . They make the choice explainable to a teammate, a supervisor or a client.
Common trapstarting from "I want to learn " or "everyone uses " and then bending the project to fit the tool.
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Resources for this stage
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- CoursePaidGrokking Database Fundamentals for Tech Interviews
Design Gurus · Beginner · Subscription
A structured tour of database types, SQL versus NoSQL, ACID and indexes before you compare products
- CourseFreeCS50's Introduction to Databases with SQL
Harvard University · Beginner
Free Harvard course: the first lectures show how real data is modelled and queried