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So you want an AI Database?
Here at DoltHub, we built the world's first version-controlled SQL database: Dolt. What do version control and databases have to do with Artificial Intelligence (AI)? It turns out, a lot. At first, we were skeptical about the AI revolution, but then...
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How to Submit an Electron App to the Mac App Store
A step-by-step guide on how to publish an Apple Desktop Application to the Mac App Store.
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How to Restore a Dropped Database
The dolt_undrop() stored procedure allows you to quickly restore a database that was dropped. Recently, when a customer accidentally dropped one of their databases, they were able to use dolt_undrop() to recover it.
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Correctness Update
Welcome back to another installment of Dolt's monthly correctness updates! If you missed it, here's last month's update. We've been receiving fewer customer issues lately, so there was a focus on adding more features and expanding on existing functio...
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Dolt + post-no-preference: Open Data
DoltHub's most popular user is post-no-preference. He publishes US stock market data daily. His databases have thousands of users. Learn more about his use case.
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The Plan for Vectors in Dolt
Lately, I keep hearing about vector databases. Even databases that weren't originally made for vectors are getting vector capabilities added via plugins: MariaDB Vector, announced in July, is in preview. Sqlite has sqlite-vec, which officially left ...
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How to Create Custom Desktop Menus in Electron
This blog talks about how to customize menu items in your Electron app, including dynamic navigation and conditional menus.
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So you Want Git for Data? 2024 Edition.
Many products claim to be Git for Data. Which ones best fit the moniker? This blog answers that question. An update of a popular article from 2020.
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JSON Showdown: Dolt vs Postgres
Dolt is the first truly version controlled database. It's "Git, but for SQL data." But it's not just Git for SQL data. The same techniques Dolt uses for efficient version control also make it really good at handling JSON. That's why I've been advocat...
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Getting Started: Flutter and Dolt
Learn how to build a desktop and iOS application using Flutter that shows a simple example of how you could display branches and pull requests from a Dolt database.
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So you Want Database Branches?
Many databases claim to support branches. Which databases really do?
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PostgreSQL's COPY Protocol
In this blog post, we explore the PostgreSQL wire protocol for importing bulk data with the COPY ... FROM STDIN statement, and see how it works in Doltgres.
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Building package-level, runtime configurable logging ala log4j in Go
Two prototypes of log4j-style logging frameworks in Go
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Scanner Retries & Import Streaming
Dolt is the only version controlled SQL database that supports Git semantics. We have added a lot of performance gains to the SQL side this year to mostly predictable places. For example, adding statistics for costed join planning guards against unop...
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Building an Electron App with Next.js
This blog walks through the process of converting the Dolt Workbench into a desktop application using Electron. It addresses key challenges, debugging tools, and tips for optimizing the final build.
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JSON Showdown: Dolt vs MySQL
UPDATE: The original version of this post accidentally used an outdated SQL client when benchmarking Dolt, which introduced additional latency. With the updated metrics, Dolt is even faster. The previous version of this post concluded that Dolt consi...
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Correctness Update
Welcome back to another installment of Dolt's monthly correctness updates! If you missed it, here's last month's update. This month, we tackled several dolt-specific issues and make improvements to long-standing trouble areas. Dolt-Specific Improvem...
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Dolt Rebase Conflict Resolution
Dolt rebase now supports conflict resolution for data conflicts.
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