Generating Temperature Data with Data Diluvium for Time Series Data with TimeScaleDB

The latest update on Data Diluvium incorporates a temperature data generator, completing the environmental data generators needed for TimeScale DB. Emphasizing realistic patterns, the generator accounts for daily and seasonal variations in temperature. The implementation aims to support diverse numeric types and offers string-based generators for display and reporting applications. Continue reading →

Setup TimescaleDB with Docker Compose: A Step-by-Step Guide

This tutorial demonstrates how to set up and use TimescaleDB with Docker Compose, detailing prerequisites, installation steps, and basic operations including creating hypertables and querying data. It also covers running multiple PostgreSQL instances on different ports for simultaneous project management while maintaining system organization and resource efficiency. Continue reading →

Sorry Database Nerds, Nobody Actually Gives a Shit…

So I’ve been in more than a few conversations about data structures, various academic conversations and other notions about where and how data should be stored. I’ve been on projects and managed projects that involve teams of people determining how to manage data so that other people can just not manage data. They want to... Continue reading →