Evolution of Index Selection: From Traditional Greedy Approaches to IA2

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works 2.1 Traditional Index Selection Approaches 2.2 RL-based Index Selection Approaches Index Selection Problem Methodology 4.1 Formulation of the DRL Problem 4.2 Instance-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Index Selection System Framework of IA2 5.1 Preprocessing Phase 5.2 RL Training and Application Phase Experiments 6.1 Experimental Setting … Read more

Reducing TPC-H Workload Runtime by 40% with IA2 Deep Reinforcement Learning

Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Works 2.1 Traditional Index Selection Approaches 2.2 RL-based Index Selection Approaches Index Selection Problem Methodology 4.1 Formulation of the DRL Problem 4.2 Instance-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Efficient Index Selection System Framework of IA2 5.1 Preprocessing Phase 5.2 RL Training and Application Phase Experiments 6.1 Experimental Setting … Read more

How Last Samurai Standing adds kinetic action to the Battle Royale formula

Last Samurai Standing begins with a familiar premise. Desperate samurai dispossessed by the restoration of the emperor enter into a deadly game for a life-changing cash prize – all for the entertainment of anonymous elites. Unlike its inspirations Battle Royale and Squid Game, however, Last Samurai Standing‘s violence is chaotic, fast-paced, and kinetic, though it … Read more

DynamoDB: When to Move Out

ScyllaDB offers a high-performance NoSQL alternative to DynamoDB, addressing throttling, latency, item size limits, and cloud lock-in. With larger mutation sizes, predictable low-latency throughput, and compatibility via ScyllaDB Alternator, teams can scale efficiently while maintaining flexibility and minimizing operational complexity as workloads grow.

The Vergecast RAM Holiday Spec-tacular

Happy Holidays! As we like to do on The Vergecast, we take this time of year to see our families, relax and recharge, and go extremely deep into a specific technology that matters right now. This year, we picked the tiny chip in all your devices that is suddenly a precious and expensive commodity: RAM. … Read more

The tooth fairy just got reimagined for the tech-savvy generation

Move over, Santa. Now there’s another magical character for kids to track: the Tooth Fairy. After making a personalized Tooth Fairy video for his nephew, Oliver Finel noticed a gap. While there are plenty of Santa trackers, nothing similar existed for the Tooth Fairy. Recognizing that Generation Alpha is growing up with interactive online experiences … Read more

How AI broke the smart home in 2025 

This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn’t do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon’s generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a different excuse almost every time … Read more

Meet the Writer: Anton Pechenin on Argo Workflows, Distributed Systems, and AI Infrastructure

Welcome to HackerNoon’s Meet the Writer Interview series, where we learn a bit more about the contributors that have written some of our favorite stories. Let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests. Hello, my name is Anton. I’ve been working as a software engineer for a bit … Read more