
History of Symphonize.js – JavaScript Client Pivot to Data Generation Library
…the history of symphonize.js So Far! NOTE: If you just want to check out the code bits, scroll down to the sub-title #symphonize #hacking. Also important to note I’m putting the library through a fairly big refactor at the moment so that everything aligns with the documentation that I’ve recently created. So many things may not […]

Is PaaS Tech Still Around? Maybe Containers Will Kill it or Bring it?
Recently a post from @Gigabarb popped up on the ole’ Twitter that started a micro-storm of twitter responses. Ok tech users. Who out there is using a PaaS? For realz. Serious question.— Barb Darrow (@gigabarb) November 21, 2013 This got me thinking about a number of things and I started to write her an email […]

Junction Two Weeks on Bi-weekly Review : Issue #002
It’s time for another Bi-weekly Review! We’ve been making some progress and so far we’ve tackled a few elements of the project. The first big task was to get more information out there for the community & team working on the project. I’ve spent some time along with the contributors on github and via other […]

It’s Happening Again, Seattle Code Camp!
I’ve got two presentations happening this year at Seattle Code Camp! Are you signed up? If not, hit this and get signed up ASAP: https://seattlecodecamp2013.eventbrite.com/ My two presentations are: Distributed Databases – An Introduction to Riak Presenter:Adron Hall I’ll dive in with a quick definition and context of what distributed databases are. From there we’ll quickly […]

Junction Two Weeks on Tuesday Bi-weekly Review : Issue #001
So every two weeks I intend to provide an update for the Junction Project. Who might have joined, what was worked on, where we are and generally any other bits of news related to the project. This is the first “Junction Two Weeks on Tuesday Review” so enjoy! 🙂 Two weeks ago today I wrote […]

Riak Development Guidance: The “Client Round Robin Anti-Pattern”
One of the features that is often available in Riak Client software (including the CorrguatedIron .NET Client, the riak-js client and others) is the ability to send requests to the Riak Cluster through a round robin style approach. What this means is each IP, of each node within the Riak Cluster is entered into a […]

The Database Deluge… Who’s Who
These are the top NoSQL Solutions in the market today that are open source, readily available, with a strong and active community, and actively making forward progress in development and innovations in the technology. I’ve provided them here, in no order, with basic descriptions, links to their main website presence, and with short lists of […]

The Basho Riak News Keeps Coming – Get to Distributing All The Things!
I mentioned earlier this week on Twitter that there was a deluge of software releases, additions and other goodies that would be released in the coming days. Earlier this week Jeremiah @peschkaj & OJ @TheColonial released the CorrugatedIron .NET Client for Riak. Big news for my .NET cohorts out there! It makes life uber easy …