Building Globally Distributed Apps Instantly

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Claims a globally distributed, strongly consistent database that needs no special hardware or networks and gives native GraphQL support plus SDKs for JavaScript JVM C# Go Python Ruby and Swift. Demo shows the console uploading a schema that creates auto-generated CRUD and indexes immediately and executes create read update delete successfully. Architecture promises 1.2 billion child databases per account, global low-latency endpoints, and a free tier with no feature restrictions so functionality matches paid accounts.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:54Who am I
3. 2:11What is FaunaDB
4. 3:18Features of FaunaDB
5. 6:04What makes FaunaDB different
6. 7:04Inside FaunaDB
7. 9:00Who is FaunaDB for
8. 14:19Working with Site
9. 15:54GraphQL Demo
10. 18:47GraphQL Schema
11. 25:32Recap

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