The Release of the Riak Wiki and the Fourth Basho Podcast

March 12, 2010 at 03:00 PM | categories: Podcast, Riak, NoSQL

We are moving at warp speed here at Basho and today we are releasing what we feel is a very important enhancement to Riak: a wiki.

You can find it here:

http://wiki.basho.com

Documentation and resources are a main priority right now for Basho, and a well maintained and up-to-date wiki is something we see as critical. Our goal is to make Riak simple and intuitive to download, build, program against, and build apps on. So, you should expect a lot more from us in this regard. Also, we still have much to add to the Riak Wiki, so if you think we are missing a resource or some documentation that makes Riak easier to use and learn about, please tell us.

Secondly, we had the chance to record the fourth installment of the Basho Riak podcast (below), and it was a good one. We hooked up with Tim Anglade, CTO of GemKitty and a growing authority on the NoSQL space. On the heels of his presentation at NoSQL Live from Boston, we picked his brain a bit about where he thinks the industry is going and what needs to change for the current iteration of NoSQL to go from being a fad and curiosity to a full fledged industry.

According to Tim, "We have an image problem right now with NoSQL as a brand," and "NoSQL is over-hyped and the projects behind it are under-hyped."

We also took a few minutes to talk about the Riak 0.9.1 release. Highlights include binary builds, as well as several new client libraries that expose all of Riak's advanced features.

In short, if you are at all interested in the future of the NoSQL space, you're not going to want to miss this.

Lastly, if you haven't already done so, go download the latest version of Riak.

Enjoy!

Mark


Basho Podcast Two - An Introduction to erlang_js

January 19, 2010 at 09:10 AM | categories: Riak, Map/Reduce, NoSQL, Database, JavaScript, erlang_js, Scaling, Podcast

Check out the new Basho podcast featuring Kevin Smith and Bryan Fink that discusses erlang_js, a simple and easy-to-use binding between Erlang and JavaScript. It is packaged as an OTP application so developers can easily embed Javascript inside their own applications.

Once you are done with the podcast, go download erlang_js.

Enjoy,

Mark Phillips



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Basho Podcast Number 1 - Justin Sheehy and Tony Falco on Scaling out with Riak and Riak Search.

December 11, 2009 at 09:10 AM | categories: , Search, Riak, Map/Reduce, Database, Scaling, Podcast, Distributed Systems

Just out: Basho’s first podcast discussing Riak. Justin Sheehy and Tony Falco revisit the definition of scalability Justin first discussed at NoSQL East 2009, discuss EC2, Riak, and Riak’s map/reduce and soon-to-be-released distributed search and indexing. As a special bonus, at 3:24 in the podcast, listen for the sound of Kevin Smith’s SMS accepting the job at Basho. The mic did not pick up Justin’s grimace. Of course, he didn’t miss a beat. "I just did, Bob...."

Enjoy,

Mark Phillips



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