https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Serverless Presentations feed https://www.infoq.com/presentations/arcticdb-db-no-server/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Serverless-presentations <img src="https://res.infoq.com/presentations/arcticdb-db-no-server/en/mediumimage/alex-seaton-medium-1766067545015.jpeg"/><p>Alex Seaton discusses the architecture of ArcticDB, a high-performance Python/C++ library that replaces traditional database servers with a thick-client model. He explains how to achieve atomicity on object storage through bottom-up writes and shares deep insights into conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs). He also explores the pitfalls of clock drift and distributed locking.</p> <i>By Alex Seaton</i> Transcripts Database Design QCon London 2025 Database Serverless AI, ML & Data Engineering presentation Wed, 07 Jan 2026 14:50:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/presentations/arcticdb-db-no-server/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Serverless-presentations Alex Seaton 2026-01-07T14:50:00Z /presentations/arcticdb-db-no-server/en