Becca Weng is the Senior Content Marketing Manager at Cockroach Labs, and is passionate about making technical conversations accessible to everyone. In addition, she is pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Previously, she worked as a content writer at Google, and at a seed-stage data science startup, Einblick, which was acquired by Databricks in February 2024.
Database Modernization
Scale & Resilience
From Legacy to Cloud-Native: 7 Lessons from Real Oracle Migrations
In our recent webinar, “From Oracle to CockroachDB: Lessons from Real Migrations”, technical experts Rohan Joshi and Alistair Parry walked through how real-world organizations across industries migrated mission-critical workloads from Oracle to CockroachDB. Through this talk, live demo, and engaging Q&A, the audience learned which Oracle workloads are a great fit for CockroachDB, how to tackle schema conversion and PL/SQL refactoring, and how our MOLT (Migrate Off Legacy Technology) toolset accelerates the process.
Becca Weng
November 13, 2025
RoachFest
Events
Customer Talks
Future-Proofing Database Infrastructure: The Global RoachFest 2025 Recap
Across three continents and hundreds of attendees, our biggest RoachFest yet united a global community of architects, engineers, and innovators who share one goal: building systems that scale without fail.
Becca Weng
November 11, 2025
Events
Scale & Resilience
RoachFest 2025: Real-world resilience from Bengaluru to Las Vegas
Following an electrifying first event in London, RoachFest heads to two more global innovation hubs: Bengaluru and Las Vegas. Each event offers a unique lens on what it means to build and run distributed applications in the real world — where scale is unpredictable, uptime is non-negotiable, and performance is expected under pressure.
Becca Weng
June 25, 2025
Events
Scale & Resilience
Database Modernization
Announcing virtual conference: “Best of RoachFest25 London”
With the massive GCP and AWS outage the same day as RoachFest25 London, resilience is truly more topical than ever. So if you missed the excitement of our annual database conference, or just want to relive the conference, we’re thrilled to announce that on August 5, we’re bringing the best of RoachFest25 London directly to you — wherever you are. Join us for a curated virtual replay featuring highlights from the top sessions, product insights, and customer stories that defined this year’s database event of the summer.
Becca Weng
June 17, 2025
Scale & Resilience
Database Modernization
Product
For my next (engineering) trick: Minimizing TCO with distributed SQL
Today, distributed SQL databases are redefining what’s possible for modern, global businesses. Recently, Peter Mattis, co-founder, CTO, and CPO of Cockroach Labs, and technical evangelist, Rob Reid, hosted a webinar called “The Magic of Distributed SQL: Zero Downtime & Infinite Scale.” Below, we recap the key ideas from the session and how they tie to the future of data infrastructure.
Becca Weng
June 10, 2025
Database Modernization
Identity Access Management (IAM)
Enabling modern IAM for OpenAI with CockroachDB and Ory
At Cockroach Labs, we partner with companies like Ory who deliver best-in-class technologies to help enterprises build resilient, scalable, and secure applications. The success of our joint customer, OpenAI, shows what’s possible when you combine CockroachDB’s resilient, cloud-native, distributed SQL database with Ory’s modern, flexible ecosystem: unmatched developer agility and infrastructure confidence.
Becca Weng
June 2, 2025
Database Modernization
SQL
Scale & Resilience
Why distributed SQL is better for businesses in 2025
The world of business in 2025 demands more from data infrastructure than ever before. The days of centralized, monolithic databases are rapidly fading, replaced by a new era of distributed SQL systems that promise elastic scalability, global availability, and unwavering consistency. CockroachDB — the industry leader in this transformation — represents the cutting edge of this movement, delivering a platform purpose-built for today’s cloud-native world. So, let’s break down why distributed SQL is better for businesses in 2025 and beyond.
Becca Weng
May 6, 2025
Retail & Ecommerce
Database Modernization
Scale & Resilience
A Smart Investment: Why CockroachDB Saves Retailers Money
You can’t afford downtime, inconsistent data, or complex infrastructure — not during peak season, and not at scale. While CockroachDB is a premium product, it reduces total cost of ownership by eliminating manual operations, enabling global scale, and delivering the resilience required for today’s customer expectations.
Becca Weng
April 24, 2025
Database Modernization
Scale & Resilience
Top 7 Tips for Optimizing Your Distributed SQL Database
Here are 7 expert-backed tips from the 2nd edition of CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly Media, 2025) to help you get the most out of your distributed SQL database. To get the full details, download your free copy of O’Reilly’s CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd edition, today.
Becca Weng
April 23, 2025