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title: "#179: What SQL's Co-Creator Sees in NoSQL"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 179
published_at: "2017-11-03"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/179"
---

Database Weekly 179   

This week's database news -[Read this on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/179) 

[Database Weekly](http://dbweekly.com) Issue 179 — November 3, 2017     

[YugaByte: A New Open Source, Cloud-Native Database](https://blog.yugabyte.com/yugabyte-has-arrived-fa1be31aa57b) — 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.](https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db) YugaByte Blognews [What SQL's Co-Creator Sees in NoSQL](https://www.datanami.com/2017/11/01/sqls-co-creator-sees-nosql/) — As the co-creator of Structured Query Language (SQL), Don Chamberlin knows a thing or two about pulling data out of relational databases. Datanamiopinion [Linux cloud hosting star ting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) — Get a Linode server up and running in seconds. Simply choose your plan, distro and location and you’re ready to deploy your server. Get $20 credit on a new account. Linode Cloud Hostingsponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/27d43618.png)](https://welcome.linode.com/db-weekly/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=db&utm_campaign=db-weekly-primary) [Apache Kafka Goes 1.0](https://www.confluent.io/blog/apache-kafka-goes-1-0/) — Billing the popular event streaming platform ‘enterprise capable’, its creators reflect on its history and feature set. Confluentnews [MySQL vs. MariaDB: A Reality Check](https://www.percona.com/blog/2017/11/02/mysql-vs-mariadb-reality-check/) — A side-by-side comparison of MySQL, MariaDB (the long-time MySQL fork), and Percona Server. Colin Charlesopinion [A Minimalist Guide to SQLite](http://tech.marksblogg.com/sqlite3-tutorial-and-guide.html) — 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. Mark Litwintschiktutorial [Open Source Database Startup MariaDB Confirms $27M Investment](https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/02/mariadb-confirms-27m-investment-led-by-alibaba/) — A new round of funding led by Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company. Jon Russellnews [Time Series Database Internals -- InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/blog/influxdb-internals-101-part-one/) — Learn how we built the fastest growing open source TSDB. InfluxDatasponsored [Scalability Answers Found in the NoSQL Family Tree](https://www.datanami.com/2017/10/30/scalability-answers-found-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. Alex Woodiestory [Migrating Large PostgreSQL Columns to DynamoDB](https://build.affinity.co/migrating-large-postgresql-columns-to-dynamodb-4af413cf5f5d) — How CRM service Affinity moved a large volume of data to a “more suitable datastore” given their query patterns. Rohan Sahaistory [What Developers Need to Know About Databases](https://dzone.com/articles/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. Tom Smithtutorial [Continuous Delivery 101 from GoCD](https://www.gocd.org/2017/07/13/introduction-continuous-delivery-101/?utm_campaign=CD_101_video&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cooperess_db&utm_content=cd_101_video&utm_term=) — Gain a holistic view of continuous delivery and a deeper understanding and appreciation of critical concepts. GoCDsponsored video [Amazon Aurora Doubles Maximum Write Throughput with Support for R4 Instances](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/10/amazon-aurora-mysql-doubles-maxiumum-write-throughput-with-support-for-r4-instances/) Amazon Web Servicesnews [Amazon Redshift Announces Dense Compute (DC2) Nodes with 2x Performance as DC1 at the Same Price](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2017/10/amazon-redshift-announces-dense-compute-dc2-nodes-with-twice-the-performance-as-dc1-at-the-same-price/) Amazon Web Servicesnews [How to Optimize MySQL: Indexes, Slow Queries, Configuration](https://www.sitepoint.com/optimize-mysql-indexes-slow-queries-configuration/) SitePointtutorial [Debugging Your AWS DMS Migrations: What to Do When Things Go Wrong](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/debugging-your-aws-dms-migrations-what-to-do-when-things-go-wrong-part-1/) Amazon Web Servicestutorial [How to Create Case-Insensitive Indexes in MongoDB](https://scalegrid.io/blog/how-to-create-case-insensitive-indexes-in-mongodb/) Dharshan Rangegowdatutorial [What If OpenDocument Used SQLite?](https://sqlite.org/affcase1.html) — An interesting analysis and thought experiment. sqlite.​orgopinion [EmacsMongoMode: A MongoDB Driver for Emacs](https://github.com/dalyd/EmacsMongoMode) — If you want to work on data in MongoDB direct from your editor.. github.​comtools [RediSearch: A Redis Powered Full-Text Search Engine](http://redisearch.io/) RedisLabstools [xmysql: Generate REST APIs for any MySQL Database](https://github.com/o1lab/xmysql) o1labcode    

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