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Storage engine design

In time-series databases the querying pattern differs from the write pattern. We usually write data in time order by updating many series every second. But querying is a different story. We usually want to read only a handful of series leaving most of the data behind. Here lies the biggest problem, which is we don’t…

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Homebrew 1.2.0

Today I’d like to announce Homebrew 1.2.0. The most significant change since 1.1.0 is that most Homebrew taps (package repositories) in the Homebrew GitHub organisation have been deprecated and the currently buildable software moved into Homebrew/homebrew-core. This will improve the quality and availability of all…