Photo by Jan Kolar / VUI Designer on UnsplashRocksDB is a database created by Facebook. It does not support SQL, doesn’t provide ACID guarantees, and can’t run in a distributed fashion. Still, it’s one of the most popular databases in the developer ecosystem. It is used in high-scale frameworks such as Apache Flink and CockroachDB.So what makes RocksDB a compelling alternative over its competitors?To understand its use-case, first, we need to take a look into the world of embedded databases.Embe...