Block decomposition: how ClickHouse, Prometheus, and InfluxDB rediscovered the same fundamental algo

Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon · Aug 2, 2026 · 18m

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/block-decomposition-how-clickhouse-prometheus-and-influxdb-rediscovered-the-same-fundamental-algo. ClickHouse, Prometheus, and InfluxDB independently landed on the same idea: sqrt-decomposition. Here's where the model holds — and where it breaks. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #software-engineering, #software-architecture, #data-structures, #decomposition-patterns, #time-series-database, #clickhouse, #prometheus…