Building Serverless Apps with Cassandra

Published on Mar 25, 2021

A lot of developers are Cassandra-averse because of the extensive setup and unfamiliar query language. What if you could spin up a Cassandra database in a flash and interact with it using HTTP APIs, like REST, GraphQL and a Document API?

I'll walk through the tech stack with Cassandra as the foundation and the open source Stargate engine to provide APIs, and prove to you that Cassandra is a great option to explore.

I'll also show a couple of sample apps, available on Github, that demonstrate serverless applications running on the serverless database.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Why not Cassandra?

it's super reliable and wicked fast
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Cassandra is scary

Configuration and CQL
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Schemas and Nodes

A totally different approach
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CQL works differently

more time to learn
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But wait!

Could it be easier?
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Introducing Stargate

Adding HTTP APIs to C*

REST/GraphQL/Document

Use the language that works for you
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Open Source

We're committed to community

Sample Apps

TikTok clone and more
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