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OLTP vs OLAP
OLTP is the app’s transactions. OLAP is the scan that answers a question. Do not run the question on the checkout database.
What is OLTP vs OLAP?
OLTP systems handle many small reads and writes with strict invariants: orders, balances. OLAP systems scan large history for aggregates. They want different storage, indexes, and freshness. One database can pretend to be both until the report locks the table the checkout needs.
Why does OLTP vs OLAP matter when vibe coding?
Models add a dashboard query that joins every order line on the primary. Name the split or the report becomes an outage.
How do you do OLTP vs OLAP?
Transactional path stays on the primary. Analytical questions go to a replica, a warehouse, or a pre-aggregate. Say how stale the dashboard may be.
How do you ask a model for OLTP vs OLAP?
Keep (checkout) on the OLTP database. Serve (dashboard) from a replica or warehouse, not from heavy queries on the primary. State how stale the numbers may be.
What goes wrong with OLTP vs OLAP?
A replica used for both analytics and read-your-writes. You mixed the two workloads onto the thing that was supposed to save the primary.