How Shopify scaled their Database with Vitess. Plus, a guide to mentorship for software engineers, a dive into database fundamentals and more.

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Shopify successfully scaled their MySQL database using Vitess, an open source sharding solution developed at YouTube. The article discusses their initial scaling strategy, the issues they faced, and why they chose Vitess. It also provides an introduction to Vitess and its key components.