Distributed Database Things to Know: Gossip

Some of the names used can seem to conflate the actual purpose of a feature’s functionality in distributed databases. However gossip is pretty spot on. Within a group of people gossiping the purpose is to find out each other’s business. What’s going on with Frank, who’s he seeing, and Sally started a business, say what!... Continue reading →

Distributed Database Things to Know: Snitches

Snitches. What a great name for a feature right? I’d bring up the Harry Potter thing, but I’m gonna let that one fly. (get it, it flies!) A snitch determines where nodes go among the racks and datacenters. This is the Cassandra specific racks and datacenters however, so check out my previous post on datacenters... Continue reading →

Let’s Talk Top 7 Options for Database Gumbo

When one starts to dig into databases things get really complex really fast. There’s not only a whole plethora of database companies and projects, but database types, storage engines, and other options and functionality to choose from. One place to get a start is just to take a look at the crazy long list of... Continue reading →

Twitz Coding Session in Go – Cobra + Viper CLI Wrap Up + Twitter Data Retrieval

Part 3 of 3 – Coding Session in Go – Cobra + Viper CLI for Parsing Text Files, Retrieval of Twitter Data, and Exports to various file formats. UPDATED PARTS: Twitz Coding Session in Go – Cobra + Viper CLI for Parsing Text Files Twitz Coding Session in Go – Cobra + Viper CLI with... Continue reading →