I’ve started a new Java client for rqlite, the lightweight distributed relational database, build on SQLite. I’m using Eclipse as my IDE and it’s working well so far.
You can check out the source on Github here.
rqlite v4.0.1 released
rqlite
is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v4.0.1 is now out. This release includes some minor bug fixes.
You can download the release from GitHub.
New JavaScript client library for rqlite
Thanks to Justin Morant there is now a new JavaScript client library for rqlite, the lightweight, distributed, relational database.
This library allows you to build both in-browser and node.js applications, that access rqlite. You can check it out on GitHub.
New rqlite Google Group
A Google Group for rqlite discussions has been created. This should be a faster way to learn more about the uses, design, and implementation of rqlite.
Check it out here.
Ekanite 1.2.3 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.2.3 includes a fix to the diagnostic output.
You can download v1.2.3 from the GitHub releases page.
Go, gRPC, and PostgreSQL
I’ve started experimenting with Go and gRPC. To that end I’ve written a simple service that accepts connections from gRPC clients, allowing those clients to send queries to PostgreSQL.
So far it’s been pretty straightforward. You can check out the code on GitHub.
rqlite now available with node-to-node encryption
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. It’s been over a year since the last major release and v4.0.0 is now available.
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Ekanite 1.2.1 released
A new version of Ekanite, the syslog server with built-in search, has been released. v1.2.1 includes a very important bug fix, for an issue that affected TCP operation.
You can download v1.2.1 from the GitHub releases page.
San Francisco ReactJS Meetup at Percolate
Last night Percolate hosted the San Francisco ReactJS Meetup.
I acted as host, and we had great speakers and presentations.
Why Slack isn’t working
Slack: Where work happens
Something is happening at companies that use Slack. Slack, the company, may claim it’s work, but it’s less and less productive work, and it’s having a destructive affect upon my own field of software development.
I like really Slack, Flowdock, Hipchat and their ilk — I’ve written about it before. I couldn’t do my job without them. But it’s time to confront the damage these tools are causing.
rqlite v3.14.0 released
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.14.0 is now out. This release is the first built with Go 1.8.
You can download the release from GitHub.
rqlite now available as a Docker image
I finally got around to creating the first Docker image for rqlite, the lightweight distributed, relational database built on SQLite.
It was pretty straightforward, once I took a look at how Vault and InfluxDB create their respective images. The image size is rather large at 97MB, but that can probably be improved with a base image other than Ubuntu.
Percolate at the San Francisco Python Meetup
The new Analytics system, built by my team at Percolate, allows our end-users to program their own custom calculations, offering them the ability to precisely customize the product for their needs.
At the center of that feature is a Pratt Parser. Percolate recently presented on this topic at the San Francisco Python Meetup. You can find the slides here, and code here.
rqlite v3.13.0 released
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.13.0 is now out. This release includes minor enhancements and a couple of bug fixes.
You can download the release from GitHub.
rqlite v3.12.1 now with Discovery Service for easier clustering
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.12.1 has been released. This release includes integration with a new Discovery Service, allowing nodes to automatically connect and form a cluster. This can be very convenient, allowing clusters to be dynamically created.
You can download the release from GitHub.
Building a cluster discovery service with AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
In this post I describe how I built a serverless cluster discovery service for rqlite, the distributed relational database built on SQLite.
Built using the AWS API Gateway service, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB, it means rqlite nodes no longer need to be passed the network address of an existing node in a cluster, and can instead connect automatically.
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Analytics 2.0 goes live at Percolate
Today sees the launch of Analytics 2.0 on the Percolate platform. After 12 months of hard work by my team, I am very proud of the new platform.
1 year ago the San Francisco team was tasked with rebuilding the Analytics system at Percolate. In place of our legacy MySQL-based system, we now have a brand new architecture, based on Apache Kafka and Elasticsearch. It’s more responsive, more flexible, and offers much richer functionality.
You can learn all about the new system on the Percolate blog.
rqlite v3.10.0 released
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.10.0 has been released. This release includes some minor configuration control and logging enhancements.
You can download the release from GitHub.
rqlite v3.9.2 released
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source distributed relational database, with SQLite as its storage engine. v3.9.2 is now out. This release includes a couple of significant bug fixes.
You can download the release from GitHub.
What new development managers should know
It’s 2017, and that means I’ve been in various engineering management and technical lead roles for about 6 years. That’s long enough to learn something about management, but short enough to remember clearly all the mistakes I made early on.