Chapter 1 trade-offs map
Chapter 1 Map — Every Trade-off at a Glance
no solutions, only trade-offs · every edge asks a question
OLTP vs OLAP
create vs analyze
Record vs Derived
truth vs rebuildable copies
Warehouse vs Lake
curated vs raw files
CHAPTER 1
trade-offs, not solutions
Cloud vs Self-host
buy or build?
Single vs Distributed
distribute last
Data, Law, Society
keep vs minimize
who is it for?
where is the truth?
where to analyze?
build or buy?
name the reason
at what price?
read it as: each arrow asks a question · each answer names its price
single-node first · cache is derived · local disk is a cache · timeout means unknown