Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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Hear how Sugu Sougoumarane and his co-creator sat a nearby coffee shop, mapped every database nightmare, and sparked the creation of Vitess, the proxy layer that saved YouTube's database from collapse.

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▶️ YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=28q9mFh87KY
🔊 Podcast: https://DatabaseSchool.com”