InfoQ - Database

Pinterest’s CDC-Powered Ingestion Slashes Database Latency from 24 Hours to 15 Minutes

Leela Kumili — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Pinterest launched a next-generation CDC-based database ingestion framework using Kafka, Flink, Spark, and Iceberg. The system reduces data availability latency from 24+ hours to 15 minutes, processes only changed records, supports incremental updates and deletions, and scales to petabyte-level data across thousands of pipelines, optimizing cost and efficiency.

By Leela Kumili

Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads

Renato Losio — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:25:00 GMT

Databricks has recently announced the general availability of Lakebase, a serverless, PostgreSQL-based OLTP database that scales compute and storage independently. Lakebase is designed to integrate with the Databricks platform, providing a hybrid solution that combines both transactional and analytical capabilities.

By Renato Losio

AWS Enables Lambda Function Triggers from RDS for SQL Server Database Events

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:33:00 GMT

In a blog post, AWS recently described an event-driven pattern for Amazon RDS for SQL Server, allowing developers to trigger Lambda functions in response to database events via CloudWatch Logs and SQS.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers