Join us for another Poki Poki Tech Presents! Connect with the Albuquerque tech community for an evening of networking and a featured presentation by Will Keleher, Senior Engineering Manager at Rocket Money.

Featured Talk

Indexes Aren't Magic: Mental Models for Scaling

Databases are fast enough nowadays that most engineers don't need a strong mental model for database performance and indexing until a site starts scaling quickly and that knowledge becomes essential.

When COVID hit ClassDojo, traffic increased 5x overnight, and a strong mental model for database performance helped the team know exactly which indexes to add to address performance problems.

In this talk, Will will build intuition for index behavior and performance by starting with the world's worst in-memory index. From there, he'll explore thin-memory indexes and cover common indexing misconceptions.

Speaker

Will Keleher
Senior Engineering Manager at Rocket Money

This talk is great for software developers, engineers, students, and anyone interested in databases, backend development, application performance, and scaling.

What to Expect

• Featured technical presentation

• Practical insights into database indexing and performance

• Networking with Albuquerque's tech community

• Time to connect and ask questions

All experience levels are welcome!

Agenda

5:45 PM – Doors Open
6:15 PM – Lightning Talks
6:30 PM – Featured Talk: Indexes Aren't Magic: Mental Models for Scaling
7:15 PM – 8:00 PM – Networking

Have something cool to share? Bring your slides, code, or demo for a lightning talk (5-minute cutoff).

Everyone is welcome, whether you're a developer, engineer, student, entrepreneur, educator, or simply curious about technology.

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