#162: How Spanner Evolved Into a SQL System

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Database Weekly Issue 162 — July 7, 2017

MySQL Infrastructure Testing Automation at GitHub — “Every git request touches MySQL in some way” at GitHub so keeping their MySQL infrastructure well tested is critical. This post explains how they do that. GitHub Engineering   story   How Google's Spanner Evolved Into a SQL System — A dig into an ‘update’ paper on how Google’s Spanner NewSQL database has evolved in the past 5 years. the morning paper   story   Analyzing Ethereum, Bitcoin, and 1200+ Cryptocurrencies with Postgres — Cryptocurrencies are fuelling a modern day gold rush. Can data help us better understand this evolving market? Timescale   tutorial   [Free Tool] Network Analyzer for MySQL — VividCortex’s network traffic analyzer tool for MySQL is an easy-to-use way to gain insight into your server’s activity. Built for MySQL servers running on Linux operating systems, it is a non-intrusive, safe way to understand your query workload. VividCortex   sponsored   Syncing Redshift and Postgres in Real-Time with Kafka Connect Ronak Nathani   tutorial   Using S3 to Store Your MySQL or PostgreSQL Backups Francesco Boffa   tutorial   Searching & Fetching Large Datasets in Elasticsearch Efficiently Adam Vanderbush   tutorial   Building a Streaming Database for Fun Emily Mazo   story   Tuning Your DBMS Automatically with Machine Learning Amazon Web Services   story   How can you navigate the database technology maze? — Data is fragmented across apps and platforms. Knowledge of tools and trends can keep your data centralized. SQLizer   sponsored   Price Reductions for SQL Server Standard Edition on EC2 Amazon Web Services   news   ArangoDB Finalizes 4.2 Million Euro Investment ArangoDB   news   Horizontally Scalable Relational Databases with Spark Cody Koeninger   video   TimescaleDB: A Scalable Time-Series Database that Supports SQL — A new O’Reilly podcast featuring TimescaleDB’s Mike Freedman. Timescale The Limits of the CAP Theorem — Explains how the CAP theorem applies to CockroachDB, and why consistency is the better choice for most databases. Ben Darnell   opinion   $20 Free on a new Linode account. — Linux cloud hosting starting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo. Use promo code DB20 for $20 credit. Linode   sponsored   PopSQL: A Modern, Collaborative SQL Editor for Teams — Write queries, visualize data, and share your results. PopSQL   tools   cpp_redis: A Lightweight C++11 Redis client — It’s async, thread-safe, and with no dependencies. Simon Ninon   code   Database Weekly is curated by Peter Cooper Read this issue on the Web See our archives Change your email address Stop getting this newsletter Published by Cooperpress Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK