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We're using Go to write Dolt, the world's first and only version-controlled SQL database. dolt loves go Like any Go program that deals with data, we often find ourselves in need of high-level functions…

Suppose you have a directory of files that you want to sync with your friends. When the files change, you want your friends to be able to download just the changes without needing to re-download the entire dir…

Last week, I wrote an article going over the basic configuration options in Dolt's main SQL Server configuration file, config.yaml. That article was already really long, clocking in at a 23 minute read accordi…

Dolt Workbench now lets you set up remotes and sync databases by pulling and pushing changes.

In my last blog I talked about a lot of aspects of taking your Dolt database to production. One of the things I mentioned was the importance of securing your database, but didn't cover the acquisition and de…

A demonstration, complete with sample code, on how to use Mydumper with Dolt, the world's first version controlled SQL database.

We're excited to announce that CI testing on pull requests is now live on DoltHub.com.

Dolt now supports caching_sha2_password auth, which you may need if you want to use the MySQL-9.0 innovation release.

Hot on the heels of my overview of Dolt configuration, I'm going to do a deep dive on config.yaml, the configuration file for a Dolt SQL Server. As I was writing the configuration overview, I realized our docu…

Dolt is a decentralized database. In the past ten years or so decentralization has gone through a few hype cycles. I think we're in a pro-decentralization hype period right now. Decentralization hype tracks th…

As Doltgres is being rapidly developed, we needed Postgres-specific solutions to certain version control features that are implemented in Dolt. This blog walks through how we converted MySQL-flavored system t…

Last time, I discussed a specific design problem that I encountered while writing generic code in Go, and how I eventually solved it. I was proud that I had found a solution, although less proud that it wasn't…

Dolt configuration is a bit of a mess. To start, it's a union of Git and MySQL styles of configuration. Then, Dolt specific configuration is sprinkled on top. It's been on our list for a long time to consolida…

Dolt is the world's first and only version controlled SQL database. Dolt is fully MySQL-compatible. You connect to it with any MySQL client. Some MySQL clients require connection authentication using Transport…

The Dolt Workbench illustrates how much better the workbench experience can be when using a version controlled database. Find out how and why in this blog.

Perl is still alive and well and works beautifully with Dolt databases.

So you've been using Dolt for a while, and you are ready to take the next step and use it in production. Whether you are running your production environment on prem, or in the cloud, there are several steps y…

Dolt is the world's first and only version-controlled SQL database. It's a SQL database that you can fork, clone, branch, merge, push and pull just like a Git repository. Like files in Git, tables and other …

I ran into a performance trade-off last week attempting to improve long-running queries by changing the ways rows are structured. A more general row interface increases memory overhead but lets us skip enco…

"Go is an incomplete language masquerading as a simple one." This comment on ycombinator lives rent-free in my head. Nothing before or since has captured my feelings on Go quite as succinctly. Take for i…