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As volatile as capital markets feel today, one thing remains certain: CockroachDB keeps critical systems running — no matter what.

David Weiss

April 18, 2025

Imagine this: A TikTok video of your product goes viral overnight, and suddenly thousands of eager shoppers flood your online store. Or it's Cyber Monday and your flash sale traffic skyrockets. These kinds of spiky workloads – sudden surges in user activity – are the new normal in retail.

David Weiss

April 17, 2025

Ten years ago, we set out to build a database that could survive anything — and thrive anywhere. That idea grew into CockroachDB: a database born in the cloud, built to scale globally, and engineered for resilience. Today, we’re marking a new chapter in our journey with the appointment of Sailesh Munagala as Chief Financial Officer.

Spencer Kimball

April 15, 2025

On March 25, 2025, Cockroach Labs hosted one of our Use Case Cafés, a lunch and learn that focuses on a key use case. This particular event highlighted the intersection of FinTech and modern payment systems. The event provided valuable insights into the role of CockroachDB in transforming payment systems to meet the needs of today’s fast-paced financial environment. Shannon Dew, Principal Sales Engineer at Cockroach Labs, and Scott Traver, Senior Software Architect at Spreedly, offered their expertise on why modernizing data infrastructure is critical to those handling payments, and how CockroachDB helped Spreedly tackle their journey to the cloud.

Becca Weng

April 14, 2025

For global edtech leader Qoria, data isn't just part of the IT infrastructure — it’s the heart of its mission to protect children online, everywhere they connect.

David Weiss

April 11, 2025

So you were worried about a failure, and it happened. Despite all of the planning, something went wrong, and now the goal is to minimize the impact of that failure. As part of our blog series, “Surviving Failures with CockroachDB,” this blog will cover what your options are when things inevitably fail.

Alicia Lu

April 9, 2025

Today, two CockroachDB tattoos, one RoachFest London MC gig, dozens of webinars and events, and 116 YouTube videos (and counting) later, Rob Reid is proud to have his name on CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition (O’Reilly Media, 2025), which we are launching today!

Becca Weng

April 8, 2025

Picture this: You own a bakery, and every evening, you need to store your secret recipes in a secure vault. You have two options: manually carrying them to a safe deposit box, or using a trusted courier service that ensures their safety without exposing your key.

Ben Sherrill

April 7, 2025

It is essential for today’s mission-critical applications to operate without interruptions, such as online banking systems that handle millions of transactions daily or healthcare systems managing real-time patient data. In these verticals and many more, downtime or data loss can result in significant financial and reputational damage, such as lost revenue from disrupted transactions, penalties for regulatory non-compliance, and erosion of customer trust due to perceived unreliability, making resilience and availability paramount.

Mark Johnson

April 4, 2025