Engineering
We benchmarked our ETL tool and synced 1 million rows in 2 seconds on a MacBook
We benchmarked our ETL tool and synced 1 million rows in 2 seconds on laptop hardware, which is 68% faster than enterprise platforms.
Joe Karlsson •
Blog: Engineering
Engineering
Third Normal Form (3NF) vs Star Schema: When to Use Each
Learn the differences between Third Normal Form (3NF) and star schema with SQL examples, table diagrams, and guidance on when to use each in a data warehouse.
Tim Armstrong •
Cloud Asset Inventory
Engineering
Platform Engineering
6 Cloud CMDB Best Practices for Platform Engineers (2026 Guide)
Cloud CMDB best practices for multi-account environments: automated discovery, tiered sync strategies, SQL-based querying, and historical data retention.
Joe Karlsson •
Cloud Asset Inventory
Engineering
The Real-Time Cloud CMDB - Why Ephemeral Infrastructure Killed Traditional Discovery
Traditional CMDBs miss ephemeral resources because containers live minutes. Modern cloud CMDBs use tiered sync strategies for real-time accuracy and coverage.
Joe Karlsson •
AI
Engineering
Tutorials
Scale GitHub Issues semantic search with CloudQuery, BigQuery, and Vertex AI
Sync GitHub issues to BigQuery with CloudQuery, generate Vertex AI embeddings via BigQuery remote models, and power fast, fully managed semantic search.
Mariano Gappa •
AWS
Cloud Infrastructure
Engineering
How to Design a Cloud Asset Inventory for AWS
Learn five essential design principles for cloud asset inventories: freshness, completeness, normalization, queryability, and automation for real AWS results.
Joe Karlsson •
AI
Engineering
Tutorials
Improve GitHub Issues search effortlessly with CloudQuery, pgvector and OpenAI
Turn GitHub issues into instant insights by syncing with CloudQuery, generating pgvector embeddings in PostgreSQL, and querying with natural language.
Mariano Gappa •
Engineering
CloudQuery Performance Benchmark Analysis: 581 GB/Hour Throughput and the Reality of Cloud API Constraints
Performance analysis of CloudQuery across AWS, GCP, and Azure achieving 581 GB/hour throughput on consumer hardware, with real-world API constraint data.
Joe Karlsson •