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  • Linux tools: silver searcher

    Linux tools: silver searcher

    After my previous post about ack a Twitter follower, Nick Morrott, pointed out that there is a potentially better tool than ack. Have you tried ag? Much faster than ack, especially on large codebases — @nickmorrott@fosstodon.org 🦣 (@nickmorrott) August 24, 2017 Read more

  • Linux tools: ack and memleakx

    Linux tools: ack and memleakx

    My day job requires me to spend a lot of time in Linux terminals, hammering away at MariaDB ColumnStore to write and test new code as well as finding and fixing bugs. I have decided to write about the tools I use to get the job done, especially newer ones I have discovered. Read more

  • Building BLOBs in MariaDB ColumnStore

    Building BLOBs in MariaDB ColumnStore

    My team and I are working on finalizing the feature set for MariaDB ColumnStore 1.1 right now and I wanted to take a bit of time to talk about one of the features I created for ColumnStore 1.1: BLOB/TEXT support. Read more

  • My view on Flatpak/Snap packages

    My view on Flatpak/Snap packages

    There has been a lot of talk in the Open Source world about universal package formats. Specifically the big two, Flatpak and Snap packages. My current Linux desktop distro of choice, Solus, has recently announced support for them. Now, this has a lot of pros and cons and whilst I have seen and heard a… Read more

  • Restarting on WordPress

    Restarting on WordPress

    Last week I hit my first anniversary working for MariaDB. I’ve been looking back and recently realised one of the things I have been neglecting is my blog. Read more