ClickHouse Community Wisdom: Tips and Tricks from Meetups
These interactive guides represent collective wisdom from hundreds of production deployments. Each runnable example helps you understand ClickHouse patterns using real GitHub events data - practice these concepts to avoid common mistakes and accelerate your success.
Combine this collected knowledge with our Best Practices guide for optimal ClickHouse Experience.
Problem-Specific Quick Jumps
| Issue | Document | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Production Issue | Debugging-Toolkit | Copy/Paste Queries, production debugging guidance |
| Slow Queries | Performance Optimization | Optimize Performance |
| Materialized Views | MV Double-Edged Sword | Avoid 10x storage instances |
| Too Many Parts | Too Many Parts | Addressing the 'Too Many Parts' error and performance slowdown |
| High Costs | Cost Optimization | Optimize Cost |
| Creative Use Cases | Success Stories | Examples of ClickHouse in 'Outside the Box' use cases |
Usage Instructions
- Run the examples - Many SQL blocks executable
- Experiment freely - Modify queries to test different patterns
- Adapt to your data - Use templates with your own table names
- Monitor regularly - Implement health check queries as ongoing monitoring
- Learn progressively - Start with basics, advance to optimization patterns
Interactive Features
- Real Data Examples: Using actual GitHub events from ClickHouse playground
- Production-Ready Templates: Adapt examples for your production systems
- Progressive Difficulty: From basic concepts to advanced optimization
- Emergency Procedures: Ready-to-use debugging and recovery queries
Last Updated: Based on community meetup insights through 2024-2025
Contributing: Found a mistake or have a new lesson? Community contributions welcome
