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Preserved material from SlamData, the analytics company that previously operated this domain.
The product documentation — installation, administration, security configuration and troubleshooting — has not been preserved. It describes operating software that cannot be obtained, and would mislead rather than inform. What is kept here stands on its own.
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SQL² Reference: A Query Language for Semi-Structured Data
The query dialect built for NoSQL stores, preserved from the SlamData documentation. Nested data, array flattening and joins across documents, in SQL syntax.
2014Compiling SQL to MongoDB Pipelines, Part 1
SlamData's the open source project I work on full-time. An analytics tool for MongoDB, SlamData has a shiny front-end that lets you run queries a
2015Compiling SQL to MongoDB Pipelines, Part 2
SlamData’s the open source project I work on full-time. An analytics tool for MongoDB, SlamData has a shiny front-end that lets you run queri
2015Database Wars 2.0
For old guys like me ( I started my career in tech in 1987) we remember well the “Database Wars” of the late 80’s and early 90’s. Oracle, Syb
2015Optimising the PureScript Compiler
I work on the SlamData front-end, which is completely written in PureScript. I work with 2 other PureScript engineers and we’ve noticed some
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