- 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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- REFERENCE4 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…
Read More - DOLTLABREFERENCE7 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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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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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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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...
Read More - GOLANG16 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…...
Read More - DOLTLAB13 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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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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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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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...
Read More - DOLTLAB5 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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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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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...
Read More - USE CASE4 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...
Read More - INTEGRATION11 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...
Read More - DOLTLAB8 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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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...
Read More - DOLTGRESSQLTECHNICAL5 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...
Read More - TECHNICAL7 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...
Read More - GOLANG10 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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