We have excluded the use of API since the start.
The single solution is to replicate the data to have better performance.
The software developed a lot the features to explore the historical
evolution of the data and this meant a different architecture.
As you probably know, the difference between a database and a data
warehouse is exactly the introduction of a third dimension (the time) that
transforms everything in a cube. It means that the data increases a lot.
In addition, exactly for that, the data warehouse CAN replicate data to
improve the performances. This replication and redundancy increases the
database more and more.
We have spent two year to prepare the backend exactly to have a local
replication of the data that would have been helpful also for other
applications.
As you know, Wikimedia Ch developed also the Map Service together with
Cassandra.
Kind regards
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:47 PM Ismael Olea <ismael(a)olea.org> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 12:26 PM Ilario Valdelli <valdelli(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all
To clarify.
Thanks for explaining.
What's your opinion about these related API changes?
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321702
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