QuestDB 6.5.5#
Since our last issue, we have had two releases: 6.5.4 and 6.5.5.
Thanks to Hacktoberfest 2022, we dedicated version 6.5.4 to our contributors, who have added several new SQL numeric and string functions to QuestDB.
In version 6.5.5, we added support for ISO week and improved the migration experience when importing CSV files exported from PostgreSQL or similar databases.
Kudos to @akki1306, @AnkitaMalik22, @ArjunSharda, @Arkaroy147, @Belair34, @bsnxsourav, @blackstar-baba, @DarthBenro008, @eigengravy, @jsoref, @Ln11211, @orensaldanha, @ShubhamPalriwala, @sklarsa, @sudiptog81, @Smartmind12, @Twilight-Shuxin, @TheZal, @VanshajPoonia for contributing to QuestDB!
QuestDB Kafka Connector#
We have just released the official QuestDB Connector for Apache Kafka! The connector reads data from Kafka topics and writes data to QuestDB tables.
If you are using both Kafka and QuestDB, you can get started here.
QuestDB Python Client 1.0.2#
We released a new patch for the QuestDB Python client library to support Python 3.11.
Tutorial: Data lifecycle with QuestDB#
For most time-series data applications, the value of each data point diminishes over time. Our contributor, Yitaek Hwang, explains how you can downsample data and detach or drop partitions when old data is no longer necessary in QuestDB.
QuestDB at Open Source Spotlight#
Open Source Spotlight is a Youtube series for developers to present and demo their open-source tools, hosted by DataTalks Club. Here is our session:
Community news#
- Our Slack community has reached 1,700 developers.
- We published blog posts about our experience attending Devoxx Belgium and BigData LDN 2022.
- We produced a new tutorial video explaining why your relational database sucks at time series.
- Our talk about building fast CSV imports using Java and C++ at Devoxx Belgium has been published.
- Our presentation about QuestDB at P99 CONF is now available on their event page.
- We had a joint press release with Aquis Exchange to announce our partnership.
- QuestDB is mentioned in the article Trends and Opportunities in Time Series , written by Ira Cohen and Ben Lorica.
- As always, we'd like to give a shout-out to the community members who continue to show their support; thank you @ankiitamalik !
We're hiring!#
Our team is growing and we're on the lookout for new colleagues. Check out our careers to find out more.
We hope you enjoy reading our latest issue so far. If you'd like to provide your input on our newsletter or product, please reach out to our team members on the QuestDB Community Slack.
Thank you!