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School Shootings: Better Data, Better Decisions

School Shooting Data Analysis and Reports • 0 implied HN points • 30 Sep 18
🚌 Education Database Research Methods Data Analysis School Shootings
  1. There is a lack of accurate and consolidated statistical data on school shootings in the USA.
  2. The K-12 School Shooting Database was created to address this data gap by including detailed incident information and sources for further research.
  3. The database collects data from various sources, filters incidents, and provides interactive analysis tools for users to generate more accurate reports and make informed decisions.

baamboo

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 29 Mar 08
🕹 Technology Search Engine Database Programming Open Source
  1. Baamboo, a popular music search engine, surprisingly uses SQL full text search instead of Lucene, a common choice for search engines.
  2. Lucene offers fast indexing and storage performance, making it a preferred option for companies looking for scalable solutions beyond traditional relational databases.
  3. Implementing Lucene and its sub-projects like Nutch and Solr can provide powerful search capabilities, but requires expertise and effort in customization and operation.

please help testing my application

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 27 Mar 08
🕹 Technology Database Web Development
  1. The author is testing a new document-oriented database service called thrudb using a large dataset and requesting help to test its performance by doing random searches on an application.
  2. The author is comparing the performance of different backends like thrudoc and thrudex in their application, highlighting that thrudoc takes longer due to using a disk backend for a large dataset.
  3. The author plans to load the same dataset to other backends such as mysql or bdb to see how they perform and intends to share the results in a future blog post.

Operations in the World of Developer Enablement

realkinetic • 0 implied HN points • 24 Jan 19
🕹 Technology Operations DevOps Cloud Database Infrastructure
  1. NewOps is an evolution of DevOps, focusing on Operations through a product lens to shift Ops teams from masters of production to enablers of production.
  2. Developer Enablement empowers dev teams to control their own destiny, extending responsibilities beyond building products to include testing, security, deployment, and operation of systems.
  3. In the world of Developer Enablement in the cloud, Operations teams take on more advisory roles, providing domain expertise, guidance, and ensuring dev teams consider key operational aspects early in the development process.
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I Hate Data Migrations

Tribal Knowledge • 0 implied HN points • 11 Dec 22
🕹 Technology Data Software Blockchain Database Migration
  1. Data migrations in software engineering can be incredibly challenging due to the complexity and inconsistency of data.
  2. Routine database backups are crucial for quickly restoring data and avoiding catastrophic losses.
  3. Utilizing blockchain technology for building databases can provide benefits like easy recreation of data structures and decentralized app development.

Using ColPali with Qdrant to index and search a UFO document dataset

machinelearninglibrarian • 0 implied HN points • 02 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Machine Learning Database Data retrieval Artificial Intelligence Open Source
  1. ColPali is a new way to search documents that considers both pictures and text, making it better for complex layouts compared to traditional methods.
  2. Qdrant is a special database that allows for fast searching of data using high-dimensional vectors, which can include multiple vectors to represent one item.
  3. Using techniques like quantization, Qdrant helps save memory and speed up searches, making it a powerful tool for managing large datasets like UFO documents.

Use the Sort API to track issues in your Snowflake or Postgres data

Database Engineering by Sort • 0 implied HN points • 14 Nov 24
🕹 Technology APIs Data Management Database Software Development Automation
  1. The Sort API helps you track and fix data issues in your Snowflake or PostgreSQL databases. It's like having a tool to keep your data clean and organized.
  2. You can log issues, submit change requests, and categorize them with custom labels. This makes it easier to manage and understand data problems.
  3. The API also allows automation of workflows, so you can streamline how you handle data issues and improve efficiency in your operations.

Sort Product Update – May 2024

Database Engineering by Sort • 0 implied HN points • 01 May 24
🕹 Technology Database Collaboration Software Innovation Community
  1. Sort is offering $5,000 in bounties to encourage community members to improve their databases. This is an exciting chance for feedback to be rewarded.
  2. There is a new Explore page and a popular public database now available for users to query salary information and other data.
  3. Sort has launched new features like faster query processing and a redesigned app interface, making the overall experience smoother and more efficient.

POSTGRESQL CLIENT IMPLEMENTATION IN AWS LAMBDA CONTAINER IMAGES

My Makerspace • 0 implied HN points • 02 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Software Cloud Computing DevOps Database Automation
  1. You can set up a PostgreSQL client in AWS Lambda using Docker. Just use a specific base image and install the PostgreSQL package.
  2. Configuration for the Lambda function involves setting up environment variables for the database connection and ensuring proper network settings.
  3. To deploy the setup, you'll need to build and deploy your serverless application using simple commands in AWS SAM.