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Every Research item by track and Era: what it costs in Insight, what it needs first, and what it unlocks.

Research turns Insight into new Components, runtimes, and practices. Each item costs Insight from the pools its subject earns, and some need other items first. The tree grows up from each track’s root and to the right through the Eras.

The tree#

Infrastructure
Data
Reliability
Observability
Performance
Runtimes
Frameworks
Security
Product
DNS round robinLoad balancingManaged identityHealth checksLoad balancing algorithmsContent deliveryWeb application firewallBackground jobsMessage queuesTiered cachingMultiple zonesAutoscalingContainer orchestrationHosted modelsModel servingNotificationsMultiple regionsGeoDNSInfrastructure as codeAnycastGitOpsQuery analysisCachingConnection poolingRead replicasFull-text searchObject storagePoint-in-time recoveryStampede protectionRead-your-writes routingCache warmingSynchronous replicationData warehousingShardingHybrid fan-outLeaderless replicationConsensus databasesTimeouts and retriesContinuous deliveryCertificate automationBackoff with jitterError budgetsCircuit breakersIdempotency keysPriority load sheddingRestore drillsDisaster recovery drillsStructured logsMetricsPercentilesAlertingDistributed tracingTrace searchSLO dashboardsNotebooksConnection reuseCompressionEager loadingHTTP/2HTTP/3PHP-FPMRubyNode.jsOPcachePythonNode.js cluster modelibuv thread poolGoJavaC#ElixirRustZigHaskellGo GC tuningZGCLaravelRailsExpressSymfonyDjangoFlaskSinatraGinSpring BootASP.NET CorePhoenixAxumActix WebTLS everywhereDependency scanningEncryption at restData residency controlsSOC 2 programSecurity teamStripe BillingFunnel analyticsCode reviewAutomated testsCheckoutInvestor relationsGuidance modeling

By track#

Infrastructure21

Garage
DNS round robinLoad balancing
Pre-seed
Health checksManaged identityLoad balancing algorithms
Seed
Content deliveryWeb application firewallBackground jobsMessage queues
Series A
Tiered cachingMultiple zonesAutoscalingContainer orchestration
Series B
Hosted modelsModel serving
Series C
Multiple regionsGeoDNSInfrastructure as codeGitOpsAnycastNotifications

Data16

Garage
Query analysis
Pre-seed
CachingConnection poolingRead replicas
Seed
Full-text searchObject storageStampede protectionPoint-in-time recovery
Series A
Cache warmingRead-your-writes routingSynchronous replication
Series B
Data warehousingSharding
Series C
Hybrid fan-outLeaderless replicationConsensus databases

Reliability10

Pre-seed
Timeouts and retriesContinuous delivery
Seed
Certificate automationBackoff with jitter
Series A
Error budgetsCircuit breakersPriority load sheddingIdempotency keysRestore drills
Pre-IPO
Disaster recovery drills

Observability8

Garage
Structured logsMetrics
Pre-seed
PercentilesAlerting
Seed
Distributed tracingTrace search
Series A
SLO dashboards
Series B
Notebooks

Performance5

Garage
Connection reuseCompression
Pre-seed
Eager loading
Seed
HTTP/2
Series C
HTTP/3

Runtimes16

Garage
PHP-FPMOPcacheRubyNode.js
Pre-seed
PythonNode.js cluster modelibuv thread pool
Seed
GoJavaC#
Series A
ElixirRustZigHaskellGo GC tuning
Series B
ZGC

Frameworks13

Garage
LaravelRailsExpress
Pre-seed
DjangoSymfonySinatraFlask
Seed
GinSpring BootASP.NET Core
Series A
PhoenixAxumActix Web

Security6

Seed
TLS everywhere
Series A
Dependency scanning
Series B
Encryption at rest
Pre-IPO
SOC 2 programData residency controlsSecurity team

Product7

Garage
Stripe Billing
Pre-seed
Funnel analyticsCode reviewAutomated tests
Series A
Checkout
Pre-IPO
Investor relations
Public
Guidance modeling
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