- REFERENCE9 min read
So you want Database Versioning?
Here at DoltHub, we've had a lot of success with our "So you want..." series of blog posts helping people find Dolt when they are looking for it. Dolt is a lot of things. Dolt is a version controlled database, a Git database, Git for data, data…
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- FEATURE RELEASE7 min read
Foreign Keys Referencing System Tables
Dolt now supports declaring foreign keys that reference the name field on the dolt_branches system table. This allows you to create tables that track additional data for the branches in your database, and helps ensure consistency with the referenced data in the dolt_branches system table.
Read More - FEATURE RELEASESQL4 min read
Focused Diffs: New --skinny and --include-cols Options for DOLT_DIFF() table function
The DOLT_DIFF() table function now supports --skinny and --include-cols options for more focused diff output!
Read More - GOLANG6 min read
Go channels to solve interface impedance mismatch
Learn how Go channels can solve a particular form of interface mismatch common in application development.
Read More - WEBWORKBENCH6 min read
Automating the Release Process for a Desktop Application
We recently automated the release process for the Dolt Workbench desktop application using GitHub Actions. This article discusses how we did it.
Read More - TECHNICAL7 min read
Challenges with Prolly Trees and Columnar Storage
Columnar storage is widely used in industry-leading OLAP databases and provides many benefits for analytic workloads. If we wanted columnar storage in Dolt, what are some challenges we would face?
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Announcing Dolt SQL Server MCP
We've added Dolt MCP directly to Dolt! This blog will show you how spin up both the Dolt SQL server and Dolt MCP server with a single command.
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The Three Pillars of Agentic AI
Having spent the past six months diving deep on agentic artificial intelligence, it became clear agents need three pillars to operate correctly: a capable model, version control, and testing. This article explains.
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Maxwell's Daemon Works with Dolt
Maxwell's Daemon is a change data capture tool that reads from a MySQL binary log stream and publishes the data changes to a variety of endpoints such as Redis, RabitMQ, Amazon SNS, Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, and many more. Because Dolt is a MySQL-compatible database, you can easily connect Maxwell's Daemon to a Dolt SQL server to intercept data changes.
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Remote Authentication Explained
Pushing and Pulling data to remote locations requires you to authenticate. Let's discuss
Read More - FEATURE RELEASESQL3 min read
Improving Performance of Vector Indexes Via VECTOR Columns
Dolt now has support for VECTOR columns, and with it a noticible improvement in vector index performance.
Read More - FEATURE RELEASEWEB4 min read
Resolving Merge Conflicts on the Web
Learn how to resolve merge conflicts directly from the pull request UI in Dolt's web products, making conflict resolution easier without needing the SQL shell.
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- AI10 min read
How I Use Multiple Agents in Parallel
As a software engineer working with AI agents, I've developed a workflow for using multiple agents simultaneously to increase productivity!
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A Beginner's Guide to Docker Swarm
Part three of our beginner Docker series, introducing Docker Swarm and how to run and scale services with stack files.
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Debugging `dolt login`
`dolt login` allows you to authenticate a `dolt` client against DoltHub or DoltLab. It usually works, but when it fails, this article will help you debug it.
Read More - AI6 min read
Agents Need Clones
Agents need clones for write isolation to prevent mistakes. Dolt is the only SQL database that supports clones. Dolt is the database for agents.
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Does Dolt Need MCP?
We recently launched the Dolt MCP Server. Dolt works pretty well with coding agents without an MCP server. So, what's the point? This article answers that question, works through a detailed Dolt MCP Server example, and finally suggests you power your MCP Server with Dolt to get version control features.
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A Beginner's Guide to Docker Compose
Part two of a beginner series introducing Docker Compose and how to use it to run multi-container applications locally with one file and one command.
Read More - USE CASEAI11 min read
Improving Agentic Data Collection
Previously, we attempted to use agents to collect cocktail recipes, but it didn't work out as planned. Now, we're trying again to see if we can do better using Dolt's testing framework.
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Comparing Cursor Agent to Claude Code
Cursor Agent was released last week. About a month ago, we tested and ranked Gemini, Cursor, Codex, and Claude Code, with Claude Code coming out as the best coding agent. How does Cursor Agent stack up using similar tasks? Very well. Cursor Agent is a new challenger to Claude Code.
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