YugaByte: A New Open Source, Cloud-Native Database — From the team that built Facebook’s internal NoSQL platform comes a new database for mission-critical applications which supports both the Cassandra and Redis APIs. GitHub repo.

What SQL's Co-Creator Sees in NoSQL — As the co-creator of Structured Query Language (SQL), Don Chamberlin knows a thing or two about pulling data out of relational databases.

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Apache Kafka Goes 1.0 — Billing the popular event streaming platform ‘enterprise capable’, its creators reflect on its history and feature set.

MySQL vs. MariaDB: A Reality Check — A side-by-side comparison of MySQL, MariaDB (the long-time MySQL fork), and Percona Server.

A Minimalist Guide to SQLite — SQLite, the self contained file-based database, is the most heavily deployed database system in the world. This is a hands-on guide to playing with it yourself.

Open Source Database Startup MariaDB Confirms $27M Investment — A new round of funding led by Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company.

Time Series Database Internals -- InfluxDB — Learn how we built the fastest growing open source TSDB.

Scalability Answers Found in the NoSQL Family Tree — When it comes to big genealogical databases, they don’t come any bigger than the one at FamilySearch. Here’s how Cassandra resolved an issue Oracle couldn’t.

Migrating Large PostgreSQL Columns to DynamoDB — How CRM service Affinity moved a large volume of data to a “more suitable datastore” given their query patterns.

What Developers Need to Know About Databases — Developers need to understand SQL, automated frameworks, performance, security, and more in order to be proficient with databases.

Continuous Delivery 101 from GoCD — Gain a holistic view of continuous delivery and a deeper understanding and appreciation of critical concepts.

What If OpenDocument Used SQLite? — An interesting analysis and thought experiment.

EmacsMongoMode: A MongoDB Driver for Emacs — If you want to work on data in MongoDB direct from your editor..