RethinkDB 2.2 Released: The Modern Real-Time Database — RethinkDB is an open source with a fresh, modern approach and strong support for live, realtime data streams, time series, and more. 2.2 brings atomic changefeeds and parallel scans to the table.

Shipping a New Mindset with SQLite in Windows 10 — Windows engineers have been working with the SQLite Core Development team led by Richard Hipp to bring SQLite to Windows 10.

How to Find the Longest Consecutive Series of Events in SQL — For example, if you want to see which users of a site logged in every day for a certain number of days. A good look at some powerful SQL.

Make Sure Your Servers Are Ready for the Holiday Traffic with VividCortex — The holidays are upon us, and you want your systems running smoothly. VividCortex allows everyone on your team to see the affects of their code, so you can prevent problems before they happen, and fix them quickly when they do. Read how we have helped others prepare for peak season traffic.

What MongoDB Got Right — This opinion pieces starts “MongoDB is perhaps the most-widely-mocked piece of software out there right now” before looking at what Mongo has got right and how it might ultimately work out in the future.

Apache Cassandra 3.0 Released — The popular large-scale, high availability, open source DBMS takes a step forward with new features like materialized views.

Is SQL A Good Place for Business Logic? — An argument that placing business domain logic in SQL should be avoided as much as possible.

Percona Server for MongoDB — A free, enhanced, fully compatible, drop-in replacement for the MongoDB Community Edition that includes enterprise-grade features and functionality.