#61 - Serverless Databases with Kirk Kirkconnell

In this exciting episode of the Talking Serverless Podcast, Kirk Kirkconnell, Principal Database Advocate at Fauna, takes us on his journey into what makes a database truly serverless, debunking common misconceptions and highlighting overlooked features. Learn from real-world use cases covering how to evaluate serverless databases for various workloads, and address challenges in scalability, cost management, & global data distribution! In this episode: -Learn what makes a database truly serverless, and how to evaluate them for various workloads -Debunk common misconception -Hands-on real-world use cases where serverless databases have made a significant impact, revealing unexpected applications and unique problem-solving scenarios More about Kirk: Kirk is a creative IT professional experienced in the analysis, architecture, design and maintenance of complex, multi-tier architectures to enhance and support mission-critical business operations. Expert knowledge of advanced web application architecture methods, web hosting sizing/services, coding, and interface design. An innovative problem solver and out-of-the-box thinker with demonstrated talent in designing swift, long-term solutions to highly complex technical issues with minimal resources and costs. About Fauna: Fauna is a distributed document-relational database that combines the flexibility of documents with the power of a relational, ACID compliant database that scales across regions, clouds or the globe. Our distributed relational database with a document data model is delivered globally as a cloud API. An intuitive database language inspired by TypeScript supports relational features such as foreign keys, views, and joins and combines the ability to express queries and functional business logic in transactions that are strongly consistent across multiple regions. Never worry about database provisioning, scaling, sharding, or replication again. Visit them: https://fauna.com/