1. REFERENCE
    9 min read

    So you want Database Versioning?

    Tim Sehn|

    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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  1. REFERENCE
    4 min read

    Pandas DataFrames Works With Dolt

    Today's blog we will go over a simple way to utilize Pandas Dataframes using Dolt's version control features. Pandas Dataframes simplify data manipulation and analysis. Dolt simplifies data sharing and collaboration. Combining the two, a user can…

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  2. DOLTLABREFERENCE
    7 min read

    Getting Started: DoltLab + GCP

    We're on a DoltLab documentation tear. A few weeks ago, I wrote a Getting Started blog that outlined how to get DoltLab installed on an AWS EC2 host . Upon customer request, Dustin wrote a blog on how to get DoltLab set up on Azure . Toda...

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  3. FEATURE RELEASE
    5 min read

    Introducing Embedded Dolt Commands in `dolt sql`

    In the SQL universe, there are many tools which people use to interact with their data. There are applications like DBeaver which is a full GUI Application, or Dolt's WorkBench which uses a browser for its GUI components. On the other end of ...

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  4. DOLTGRESSQL
    4 min read

    Announcing Sequences Support

    We're steadily making progress on DoltgreSQL , which is a version of Dolt built to be a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL. For those that may not know about Dolt , it's built as a drop-in replacement for MySQL that is built, from the ground...

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  5. REFERENCE
    4 min read

    Which Dolt is Right for You?

    Here at DoltHub, we build a surprisingly large number of products all built around the "version controlled database" theme. We have Dolt , Doltgres , Hosted Dolt , DoltHub , DoltLab , and the Dolt Workbench . We know this is a daz...

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  6. GOLANG
    16 min read

    Sentinel errors and errors.Is() slow your code down by 500%

    In this blog post, we benchmark different strategies for handling errors in Go and discuss their relative performance and other tradeoffs. The difference in performance between different strategies was very surprising to us, and we'd like to share…...

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  7. DOLTLAB
    13 min read

    Getting Started with Microsoft Azure and DoltLab

    In a recent blog post , Tim provided new DoltLab users a helpful "getting started" guide that explained how to start running a DoltLab instance on AWS . Admittedly, we are an AWS shop here at DoltHub , so providing tutorials about using...

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  8. SQL
    5 min read

    Correctness Update

    About a month ago, we provided an update to Dolt's correctness . Since then, we've continued to make improvements; here's what we've been up to. SQLAcidTests A user on our Discord pointed our attention towards SQLAcidTests , which is e...

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  9. 9 min read

    How Large is a 160 Bit Number?

    When we combined SQL and Git to make Dolt, the world's first version controlled database, we took a lot of inspiration from Git's use of content addressed storage. Merkle Trees and DAGs allow us to continually add content to the database and not...

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  10. 3 min read

    The Dolt 24 Hour Pledge. Wait. There's more...

    If you find a correctness bug in Dolt, we'll fix it in 24 hours or less. We even wrote a blog about how we do it . The blog did well on HackerNews , generated some internal discussion, and now I have an addendum. The nature of Dolt as a vers...

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  11. DOLTLAB
    5 min read

    Customizing the look of your DoltLab

    DoltLab is Dolt 's self-hosted remote with a built-in web interface. We've been publishing more DoltLab content recently to make it easier for you to get started with your own DoltLab. If you're new to DoltLab, I'd recommend starting w...

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  12. REFERENCE
    3 min read

    DoltHub is SOC2 Compliant

    Service Organization Controls 2 or SOC2 is a security certification. DoltHub recently received our SOC2. We even have a Trust page to show for it. You'll have to request access but we're happy to provide it. This blog will walk you through ...

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  13. TECHNICALDOLTGRES
    10 min read

    psql's Hidden Queries

    Introduction We're hard at work building Doltgres , a Postgres-compatible database with git-inspired version control features. Before we built Doltgres we built Dolt , which is MySQL-compatible instead. One of the first things we needed t...

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  14. USE CASE
    4 min read

    Dolt + Scorewarrior: Version Controlled Game Configuration

    Dolt is a version controlled SQL database . How would you use such a thing? A popular Dolt use case is version controlling configuration . Modern games have a ton of configuration. Managing megabytes or gigabytes of configuration across ma...

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  15. INTEGRATION
    11 min read

    Dolt + Datadog: Building Dolt Dashboards with Datadog

    Dolt is a MySQL-compatible SQL database that supports Git-like functionality, including branching, diffing, and merging. Dolt enables you to version control your data and your data's schema, just like Git allows you to version control your code. Do...

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  16. DOLTLAB
    8 min read

    DoltLab v2.1.4 Installer Update

    We've been on a tear as of late trying to make the new user experience of DoltLab simpler and easier. Tim, our CEO, went through the process of setting up his own DoltLab instance and published two blogs about it; one that explains how to get ...

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  17. 4 min read

    How to fix bugs in 24 hours or less

    Here at DoltHub, we made a pledge to fix Dolt correctness bugs in 24 hours or less . We're proud of this pledge and we work hard to uphold it. But how is this possible? Response times to issues in the software industry vary wildly. It's not un...

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  18. DOLTGRESSQLTECHNICAL
    5 min read

    Is Postgres Too Customizable?

    We're steadily making progress on DoltgreSQL , which is a version of Dolt built to be a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL. With the goal of being a drop-in replacement, we're doing a lot of research to make sure that we're implementing the sa...

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  19. TECHNICAL
    7 min read

    Binary Search Vs. Prolly Search

    Dolt, the world's first SQL Database which has full version control properties, has a lot of interesting computer science lurking in its depths. Recently I've been writing about the Dolt storage system , and there is a very subtle bit buried in t...

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  20. GOLANG
    10 min read

    ok Considered Harmful

    Update 2024-05-20: The originally published article contained a factual error in the example about reading from a channel, which has been corrected. The author regrets the error. Introduction There's an old joke among programmers that the...

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