In business, they say it takes ten years to become an overnight success. In technology, they say it takes ten years to build a file system. ScyllaDB is in the technology business, offering a distributed NoSQL database that is monstrously fast and scalable. It turns out that it also takes ten years or more to build a successful database.

This is something that Felipe Mendes and Guilherme Nogueira know well. Mendes and Nogueira are Technical Directors at ScyllaDB, working directly on the product as well as consulting clients. Recently, they presented some of the things they've been working on at ScyllaDB's Monster Scale Summit, and they shared their insights in an exclusive fireside chat.

This episode is sponsored by ScyllaDB. Read the article published on ScyllaDB's blog here: https://www.scylladb.com/2025/05/05/from-raw-performance-to-price-performance/

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