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Inside HyperLevelDB
Posted on Monday June 17, 2013 at 04:09 PM by Robert Escriva
The HyperDex team recently released HyperLeveldb, a high performance fork of Google's LevelDB. We'll look inside the key changes made within HyperLevelDB that improve its performance.

Back to Blogging
Posted on Saturday June 08, 2013 at 01:10 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
Back to blogging after a short quiescent period, to give time for eventual consistency to catch up.

What's Actually Wrong with Yahoo's Purchase of Summly
Posted on Tuesday March 26, 2013 at 10:10 AM by Emin Gün Sirer
Wherein I summarize the hidden message behind Yahoo's purchase of Summly.

The Consistency Alphabet Soup
Posted on Saturday March 23, 2013 at 03:10 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
There are many conflicting definitions for Consistency. This post provides a clear definition for each, without rehashing any tired old arguments about eventual consistency.

Rules of Engagement, Part 1
Posted on Friday March 22, 2013 at 02:20 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
Some basic rules for a fruitful technical discussion on a topic where emotions run high.

Stop Your Whining About Google Reader
Posted on Sunday March 17, 2013 at 03:30 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
Google Reader's demise is not the end of the Internet, or RSS. All will be well. I provide some constructive suggestions for the people who are upset over this.

You Might Be A Data Radical
Posted on Friday March 08, 2013 at 02:10 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
More thoughts on the difference between partition-oblivious and partition-tolerant data stores.

The NoSQL Partition Tolerance Myth
Posted on Thursday March 07, 2013 at 02:10 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
A number of NoSQL vendors are trying to repackage partition obliviousness as if it were partition tolerance. I define the terms, illustrate the differences, and bust three myths related to partition tolerance.

What is NoSQL and is it pornography?
Posted on Thursday February 14, 2013 at 08:24 AM by Emin Gün Sirer
We have a huge, emerging industry called NoSQL, and yet there is no proper definition of what it is. This post identifies the problem and proposes a constructive, useful definition.

HyperDex now with Ruby, Mac OSX and CentOS support
Posted on Tuesday February 12, 2013 at 04:17 PM by Emin Gün Sirer
HyperDex 1.0RC3 offers support for Ruby, OSX and CentOS.
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