Becca Weng
Senior Content Marketing ManagerBecca Weng is the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Cockroach Labs, and is passionate about making technical conversations accessible to everyone. In addition, she is pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Previously, she worked as a content writer at Google, and at a seed-stage data science startup, Einblick, which was acquired by Databricks in February 2024.
Events
Global RoachFest Reflections: MC Chris Casano’s NYC Preview
In just 2 weeks we’ll be capping off RoachFest24 in our hometown – New York, NY on September 26. There is so much to look forward to, starting with our incredible headliners including Estée Lauder, Microsoft, and Global Payments.
Becca Weng
September 10, 2024
Events
Postgres Overhaul: Riskified’s Database Scaling Insights at RoachFest24
A highlight of RoachFest24 in London: the dynamic talk by Riskified’s Harel Safra, Data Platform Engineering Team Lead, and Yoav Shemesh, Senior Data Platform Engineer, on database best practices for eCommerce.
Becca Weng
September 9, 2024
Events
Database Modernization
A Netflix RoachFest24 Original: The Case for Multi-Region Clusters
This year, we were so grateful to the Netflix team for hitting the stage again after their tremendous premiere in 2022. Four years into their adoption of CockroachDB, Netflix’s team shared many learnings about the best optimizations and configurations that help their clients, internal Netflix developers, meet their goals. The pioneering streaming service has developed a mature platform providing databases-as-a-service to hundreds of Netflix developers and continues building out even more efficient strategies.
Becca Weng
September 4, 2024
Events
Superbet’s Cloud Migration Story: RoachFest24 Highlights
The RoachFest24 procession continues! We are highlighting all of the best presentations from RoachFest24 so far, from mobile game development to order and inventory management. If these revelations excite you, make sure to register for RoachFest NYC – coming up on September 26!
Becca Weng
August 29, 2024
Events
Database Modernization
Rightmove’s Database Migration Story: A RoachFest Highlight
Andrew Tate, Rightmove’s Head of Technology Operations, hit the stage and the crowd with some impressive statistics, setting the scene for why Rightmove needed a solid database solution. With 34 million searches per day, 1.3 billion minutes spent on their site per month, and over 1 petabyte of data in total – that’s 10^15 bytes of data – Rightmove is the go-to site for UK renters and buyers.
Becca Weng
August 19, 2024
AWS
Introducing Pay-As-You-Go CockroachDB Cloud on AWS Marketplace
We’re thrilled to announce a new payment option for CockroachDB Cloud on AWS Marketplace: pay-as-you-go. With this new option, users can benefit from a streamlined payment process through their AWS accounts. Enterprises also gain an additional option to acquire Cockroach Cloud alongside the existing private offer already available through AWS Marketplace.
Becca Weng
August 13, 2024
Events
RoachFest 2024 Announces Full NYC Agenda
We’ve been taking RoachFest on the road for 2024. With a focus on resilience and scalability, we were thrilled to see the incredible turnout and engagement at Menlo Park and London in June.
Becca Weng
August 7, 2024
Events
The CookieRun Recipe: Devsisters’ Database Best Practices at RoachFest24
In case you missed it, RoachFest24 is off to a terrific start at Menlo Park and London, and we’re stoked to reload on September 26th for RoachFest NYC.
Becca Weng
August 2, 2024