Recently minted database technologies that I find intriguing
I edit a database newsletter – <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dbweekly.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dbweekly.com&#x2F;</a> – so tend to always have my eyes out for new releases, what&#x27;s coming along, and what not. And I thought I&#x27;d share a few more things that have jumped out at me recently in case anyone&#x27;s in the mood for spelunking.<p>1. QuestDB – <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;questdb.io&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;questdb.io&#x2F;</a> – is a performance-focused, open-source time-series database that uses SQL. It makes heavy use of SIMD and vectorization for the performance end of things.<p>2. GridDB - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;griddb.net&#x2F;en&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;griddb.net&#x2F;en&#x2F;</a> - is an in-memory NoSQL time-series database (there&#x27;s a theme lately with these!) out of Toshiba that was boasting doing 5m writes per second and 60m reads per second on a 20 node cluster recently.<p>3. MeiliSearch - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;meilisearch&#x2F;MeiliSearch" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;meilisearch&#x2F;MeiliSearch</a> – not exactly a database but basically an Elastic-esque search server written in Rust. Seems to have really taken off.<p>4. Dolt – <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;liquidata-inc&#x2F;dolt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;liquidata-inc&#x2F;dolt</a> – bills itself as a &#x27;Git for data&#x27;. It&#x27;s relational, speaks SQL, but has version control on everything.<p>TerminusDB, KVRocks, and ImmuDB also get honorable mentions.<p>InfoWorld also had an article recently about 9 &#x27;offbeat&#x27; databases to check out if you want to go even further: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;3533410&#x2F;9-offbeat-databases-worth-a-look.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.infoworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;3533410&#x2F;9-offbeat-database...</a><p>Exciting times in the database space!