---
title: "This week's database news, issue 144"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 144
published_at: "2017-03-03"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/144"
---

Database Weekly 144   . 

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/144) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 144 — March 3, 2017     

Featured [PumpkinDB: An Event Sourcing DB Engine That Doesn't Overwrite Data](http://pumpkindb.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A compact event sourcing database, featuring on-disk storage, flexible approach to event structure & encoding, sophisticated event indexing and querying. Open source, written in Rust. pumpkindb.​orgtools [Redis Pub/Sub Under The Hood](https://making.pusher.com/redis-pubsub-under-the-hood/) — _“I show how Redis Pub/Sub works in detail, all the way down to the bits and bytes”_ Jim Fishertutorial [usql: A Universal Command-line Interface for SQL Databases](https://github.com/knq/usql?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Aims to provide a single interface for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQLite, and SQL Server. KNQtools [Linode is the SPEEDIEST SSD host for your DB - simple, reliable & powerful.](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) — MySQL? MariaDB? PostgreSQL? Whatever DB you use, run it on a Linode, the most scalable, reliable and fastest servers in the cloud. Use promo code DB20 for a $20 credit and get started! linodesponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/c740311a.png)](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) [8 New Products You'll See At Strata + Hadoop World](https://www.datanami.com/2017/02/28/8-new-products-youll-see-strata-hadoop-world/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The major big data conference is just around the corner. Expect to see a new Python-based deep learning framework, a Hadoop-based storage system built by Uber, and Apache DistributedLog there. Datanaminews [How to Use Blockchain to Build A Database Solution](http://www.zdnet.com/article/blockchains-in-the-database-world-what-for-and-how/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Why would you want to use blockchain to build a database solution? And how would you actually do that? BigchainDB has answers. ZDNetstory [SQL Text Analysis with Donald Trump’s Tweets](https://periscopedata.com/blog//text-analysis-with-trump-tweets.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — A relatively light hearted look at doing some sentiment analysis on Trump’s tweets and then extracting further insights from that with SQL. Periscopetutorial [Twenty Years Old, PostgreSQL Maintains its Vigor in the Big Data Age](https://thenewstack.io/20-postgres-still-sign-times/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Even as new database systems such as Google’s Cloud Spanner and TiDB come on the scene, the 20-year-old open source PostgreSQL seems to be holding its own. Susan Hallopinion [Use All The Databases (with GraphQL)](https://www.compose.com/articles/use-all-the-databases-part-1/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The author of _GraphQL: The New REST_ shows how to combine data from multiple sources using GraphQL. Loren Sands-Ramshawtutorial In brief [HopsFS To Bring 16x Performance Gains for Hadoop](https://www.sics.se/media/news/breakthrough-in-big-data-16x-performance-gains-for-hadoop-delivering-over-12-million?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — Delivering over 1.2 million operations per second. RISE SICSnews [Basic Kafka and Postgres Integration with Kafkacat and COPY](http://www.3manuek.com/kafkacatandcopypg?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Emanuel Calvotutorial [Net Promoter Score and Survey Analysis in SQL](https://periscopedata.com/blog//net-promoter-score.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Periscopetutorial [Calculating Summaries with Histogram Frequency Distributions in SQL](http://www.silota.com/docs/recipes/sql-histogram-summary-frequency-distribution.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Silota inctutorial [[eBook\] Best Practices for Architecting Highly Monitorable Applications](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/architecting-highly-monitorable-apps?utm_campaign=DB%20Weekly&utm_source=ppc) — This ebook collects the experience of a variety of seasoned architects combines it with user feedback. Vivid Cortexsponsored [Analyzing 4 Million Yelp Reviews with Python on AWS](http://www.developintelligence.com/blog/2017/02/analyzing-4-million-yelp-reviews-python-aws-ec2-instance/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Gareth Dwyertutorial [A Data Model for a Medical Appointment Booking App](http://www.vertabelo.com/blog/technical-articles/the-doctor-will-see-you-soon-a-data-model-for-a-medical-appointment-booking-app?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — The latest in Vertabelo’s relational data modelling series. Vertabelotutorial [Setting Up MySQL Cluster 7.5.5 on Ubuntu 16.04](https://medium.com/@ophasnoname_44358/mysql-cluster-7-5-5-on-ubuntu-16-04-step-by-step-9132cf76d5b8?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Mediumtutorial [Using Python for Data Visualization with MapD Core, A GPU Database](https://www.mapd.com/blog/2017/02/28/using-python-to-execute-data-visualization-against-mapd-core/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Sandhya Krishnamurthytutorial [How can you help your team write better, shareable SQL faster?](http://www.red-gate.com/products/sql-development/sql-prompt/resources/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=displayemail&utm_content=stop_bad_sql_1&utm_campaign=sqlprompt&utm_term=email-25326) — Learn more with our free video tips showing how SQL Prompt lets you write, refactor, and share SQL. Red Gatesponsored [4 Ways VR Will Change Big Data](https://www.datanami.com/2017/03/01/4-ways-vr-will-change-big-data/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) — _“What if you could stand in the center of massive data, step towards one data point, then fly towards an outlier?”_ Datanamiopinion [DistributedLog: A High Throughput, Low Latency Replicated Log](http://distributedlog.incubator.apache.org/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Apache Foundationtools [SpreadsheetDB: A DBaaS You Can Query With a Spreadsheet](https://www.spreadsheetdb.io/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) SpreadsheetDBtools [kvnode: A LevelDB-Based Key/Value Server with Redis API Support](https://github.com/tidwall/kvnode?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email) Josh Bakercode    

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