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May 17, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
SQL and Complex Queries Are Needed for Real-Time Analytics
Modern, cloud-native SQL databases deliver what today's data-driven businesses require.
Dhruba Borthakur
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May 12, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Big Ideas
Handling Bursty Traffic in Real-Time Analytics Applications
We examine the database architecture choices for handling bursty data traffic.
Dhruba Borthakur
May 10, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
DynamoDB
CDC on DynamoDB
We look at how CDC works with DynamoDB and its potential use cases.
Lewis Gavin
May 5, 2022
Engineering
Company
A Real-Time Rockset Intern Experience
The real real on interning at Rockset.
Shreya Shekhar
May 3, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Engineering
Kafka
How Rockset Handles Data Deduplication
What is data duplication, how it plagues teams adopting real-time analytics, and what Rockset does to resolve duplication issues.
Tyler Denton
April 28, 2022
Company
Reflections of a Rockset UXer
Time flies when you're UXing at Rockset.
Aditi Dhar
April 26, 2022
Kafka
Real-Time Analytics
Streaming Data and Real-Time Analytics With Kafka + Rockset
Real-time analytics for streaming data is alive, growing and affordable for today’s modern real-time data stack.
Vibhuti Bhushan
April 19, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Big Ideas
The Real-Time Revolution and Digital Economics in the COVID Era
Driven by COVID, economists are finally embracing streaming and real-time data – just like the business world.
Shruti Bhat
April 15, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Big Ideas
Data Applications
Handling Out-of-Order Data in Real-Time Analytics Applications
Mutability is the most important capability for real-time analytics applications, but close behind is the ability to handle out-of-order data.
Dhruba Borthakur
April 12, 2022
Company
Kafka
DynamoDB
Rockset Goes on the Road!
Rockset will be exhibiting at three events this month in San Francisco and London.
Ashley Andrada
April 5, 2022
Druid
ClickHouse
Rockset Beats ClickHouse and Druid on the Star Schema Benchmark (SSB)
Rockset is 1.67 times faster than ClickHouse and 1.12 times faster than Druid on the Star Schema Benchmark.
Ben Hannel
March 31, 2022
Case Study
MongoDB
Developer
Case Study: How Rockset Made Me a Day Three Hero at Sounding Board
From Rockset trial to usable and reportable real-time information in just three days.
Jon Farr
March 29, 2022
Case Study
MySQL
Real-Time Analytics
Case Study: How Dimona Built a Real-Time Inventory Management System on Rockset
Dimona needed a better technology solution, one that could handle massive data sets and query them fast.
Igor Blumberg
March 25, 2022
Case Study
MongoDB
DynamoDB
Case Study: Rockset Enables Real-Time Operational Analytics in Hardware Manufacturing for PCH
Rockset delivers ad hoc complex queries within seconds, a huge improvement over the one-hour latency PCH was seeing before.
Daniel Lu
March 24, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Developer
Elasticsearch
Druid
Empowering Developers With Query Flexibility
Query flexibility enables developers to prototype and build new features quickly, increasing overall productivity.
Nadine Farah
March 22, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Kafka
Streaming Analytics With KSQL vs. A Real-Time Analytics Database
The arguments for and against two approaches to data analytics and their optimal use cases
Lewis Gavin
March 17, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Druid
ClickHouse
How Mutable Databases Make It Easy To Do Real-Time Updates
Three reasons why you need a mutable database for real-time updates
Nadine Farah
March 15, 2022
DynamoDB
Case Study
Case Study: Complementing DynamoDB with Rockset for Real-Time IoT Analytics at 1NCE
Thanks to Rockset, 1NCE is able to provide customers with fast and valuable insight into their data
Jan Sulaiman
March 10, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Big Ideas
Why Mutability Is Essential for Real-Time Data Analytics
Mutability enables updates to existing records in a data store and is key to real-time analytics.
Dhruba Borthakur
March 8, 2022
Company
Why I Joined Rockset (With Six Months Hindsight)
Bryan looks back at his first six months as an enterprise solutions engineer at Rockset
Bryan Feuling
March 4, 2022
Kinesis
How Rockset Supports Kinesis Shard Autoscaling to Handle Varying Throughputs
On-demand capacity increases efficiency and supports cost savings
Sudhindra Tirupati Nagaraj
February 28, 2022
Company
Leadership, Technology and Talent Are the Reasons I Joined Rockset
My choice to lead Rockset's North America Sales organization
Robert Jweinat
February 24, 2022
Kinesis
Elasticsearch
Druid
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Analytics on Kinesis Event Streams Using Rockset, Druid, Elasticsearch and Redshift
An overview of popular options for RTA on Kinesis event streams highlighting ideal use cases and associated tradeoffs.
Scott Dwyer
February 17, 2022
Big Ideas
Engineering
17 New Things Every Modern Data Engineer Should Know in 2022
We asked data industry thought leaders to tell us what we should be paying attention to in coming months. Here is what they told us.
Shruti Bhat
February 14, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
Big Ideas
Top 5 Reasons for Moving From Batch To Real-Time Analytics
Fast analytics on fresh data beats slow analytics on stale data every time.
Venkat Venkataramani
February 10, 2022
MongoDB
How To Join Data in MongoDB
Choosing between $lookup, denormalization and alternatives for joining data in MongoDB.
Shawn Adams
February 2, 2022
MongoDB
Real-Time Analytics
Five Ways to Run Analytics on MongoDB – Their Pros and Cons
Your choices range from performing analytics directly in MongoDB to moving data to a data store better equipped for real-time analytics.
Shawn Adams
January 28, 2022
DynamoDB
Case Study
Case Study: Real-Time Insights Help Propel 10X Growth at E-Learning Provider Seesaw
Rockset, along with DynamoDB, Hightouch, and Retool, enabled Seesaw to obtain actionable, real-time insights that helped grow their e-learning platform.
Daniel Lu
January 27, 2022
Company
The Reasons Why I Joined Rockset
Mitch describes the attractions of working for Rockset.
Mitch Chesney
January 25, 2022
Snowflake
What Do I Do When My Snowflake Query Is Slow? Part 2: Solutions
Part two of a two part series on improving Snowflake query performance
Shawn Adams
January 20, 2022
Snowflake
What Do I Do When My Snowflake Query Is Slow? Part 1: Diagnosis
Part one of a two part series on improving Snowflake query performance
Shawn Adams
January 5, 2022
Real-Time Analytics
SQL
Mythbusting: The Venerable SQL Database and Today’s Real-Time Analytics
The SQL database that came of age in the 1980s still has a critical role today in moving data-driven companies from batch to real-time analytics.
Dhruba Borthakur
December 21, 2021
Company
Engineering
Developer
How We Use Rockset's Real-Time Analytics to Debug Distributed Systems
Jonathan, a software engineering intern at Rockset, describes how Rockset uses its own tech to debug its highly distributed ingest system.
Jonathan Kula
December 17, 2021
SQL
Developer
Powering SQL Draw with Rockset, Retool and dbt
SQL Draw is a Slack-based game that uses Rockset, Retool and dbt to create fun drawings with cartesian geometry, creativity and teamwork.
James Weakley
December 10, 2021
Company
Wrap-up of Rockset at AWS re: Invent 2021
November 29 to December 3, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV
Rod Bauer
December 9, 2021
Big Ideas
Real-Time Analytics
The Rise of Streaming Data and the Modern Real-Time Data Stack
Now more than 10 years old, the modern data stack is ripe for innovation. The inevitable next stage? Real-time insights delivered straight to users — the modern real-time data stack.
Shruti Bhat
December 1, 2021
Company
Engineering
Why Rockset Is My Next Job After Facebook
Louis Brandy, director of engineering, shares his thoughts on joining Rockset.
Louis Brandy
November 23, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Druid
ClickHouse
Comparing Rockset, Apache Druid and ClickHouse for Real-Time Analytics
Learn how Rockset, Druid and ClickHouse compare for real-time analytics in real-world use cases.
Shruti Bhat
November 9, 2021
MySQL
PostgreSQL
How to Implement CDC for MySQL and Postgres
We examine different options for implementing change data capture (CDC) from MySQL and Postgres and make recommendations for when to use each.
Lewis Gavin
November 5, 2021
Case Study
PostgreSQL
Case Study: Powering Customer-Facing Dashboards at Scale Using Rockset with PostgreSQL at DataBrain
Learn how Rockset’s PostgreSQL integration helped DataBrain scale smoothly as its production data size and query volume exploded.
Daniel Lu
November 4, 2021
Developer
Getting Started with Apache Spark, S3 and Rockset for Real-Time Analytics
Get fast query performance with Apache Spark + Rockset to power data apps.
Nadine Farah
November 2, 2021
Product
Rockset’s Reverse ETL Integrations Extend the Modern Real-Time Data Stack
Rockset’s new partner integrations with leading reverse ETL platforms Census, Hightouch and Omnata will enable everyday business tools to consume real-time customer insights seamlessly from Rockset.
Daniel Lu
October 26, 2021
Case Study
DynamoDB
Case Study: Fast and Simple — Building Rich Patient Dashboards for Speech Therapists with Rockset
Rockset is used to power interactive visualizations of the rehabilitation data of speech-impaired patients for their speech therapists and other caregivers.
Antonio Domínguez
October 20, 2021
Product
Real-Time Data Transformations with dbt + Rockset
The dbt-Rockset adapter 2.0 supports all four core dbt materializations. Learn about how to transform data in real-time using dbt and Rockset.
Justin Liu
October 15, 2021
Big Ideas
What Is a Cloud Database? IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and DBaaS Explained
Cloud databases are not created equal. We discuss what these different terms mean with respect to cloud databases: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and DBaaS.
Shawn Adams
September 29, 2021
Product
Rockset Elevates Security Posture with RBAC Custom Roles & Views
New security features enable customers to enforce least privileged access to all resources within Rockset
Rafael Kabesa
September 29, 2021
Company
Product
Rockset Is Now SOC 2 Type II Compliant
The Rockset team is proud to announce that we have been accredited as SOC 2 Type II compliant.
Martin Englund
September 21, 2021
Engineering
How We Improved the Concurrency and Scalability of Our Redis Rate Limiting System
We use a rate limiting system, based on Redis, to protect services from overload. Learn how we increased its concurrency and scalability in this blog.
Akshay Nanavati
September 15, 2021
Kafka
Product
Rockset Enhances Kafka Integration to Simplify Real-Time Analytics on Streaming Data
We’re introducing a new fully-managed Kafka Integration with native support for Confluent Cloud and Apache Kafka. Get started with real-time analytics on event streams from Apache Kafka in minutes.
Boyang Chen
September 10, 2021
Company
Why I Joined Rockset
Daniel Lu, Rockset’s new Director of Product Marketing, shares why he is excited about Rockset
Daniel Lu
September 8, 2021
Developer
Hello World: Join the New Rockset Developer Community
We are unveiling our community, developer mascot, and Real-time Rockstars!
Nadine Farah
September 7, 2021
Kafka
See Rockset’s Rollups for Streaming Data at Kafka Summit 2021
Rockset, a Gold Sponsor of Kafka Summit Americas 2021, to present and demo SQL-based rollups on streaming data.
Giovanni Tropeano
September 3, 2021
Product
Faster Results and a Better Experience with New Pagination in Rockset
Rockset’s new pagination approach enables customers to query large amounts of data fast and more consistently
Rafael Kabesa
August 31, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Product
How Rockset Enables SQL-Based Rollups for Streaming Data
Learn how Rockset enables SQL-based rollups on streaming data for complex and accurate real-time analytics.
Venkat Venkataramani
August 25, 2021
Druid
Product
Kafka
Kinesis
Real-Time Analytics
Rollups on Streaming Data: Rockset vs Apache Druid
Continuously rollup and transform streaming data from any source using SQL. Learn how rollups in Rockset compare to Apache Druid.
Vibhuti Bhushan
August 5, 2021
Company
Real-Time Analytics
Why Rockset & Why Now
Ryan Precious shares his thoughts on real-time analytics and the opportunity ahead for Rockset.
Ryan Precious
August 4, 2021
Snowflake
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data Ingestion: Snowflake, Snowpipe and Rockset
We examine the performance and cost of real-time data ingestion in Snowflake and Snowpipe as compared to Rockset.
Shawn Adams
July 29, 2021
DynamoDB
Product
Engineering
20x Faster Ingestion with Rockset's New DynamoDB Connector
Get 20x faster ingestion on DynamoDB tables with Rockset's improved connector, which uses DynamoDB's export to S3 functionality.
Purvi Desai
July 22, 2021
DynamoDB
Real-Time Analytics
Scaling Real-Time Gaming Leaderboards with DynamoDB and Rockset
Learn how DynamoDB and Rockset deliver the ultimate data stack for real-time analytics in gaming.
Julie Mills
July 19, 2021
Druid
How to Handle Nested Data in Apache Druid vs Rockset
Nested data needs to be flattened upon ingestion when using Apache Druid. We look at how to ingest and query nested data in Druid vs alternatives like Rockset.
Shawn Adams
July 15, 2021
SQL
Real-Time Analytics
Product
Real-Time Analytics with dbt + Rockset
The dbt-Rockset adapter makes it easy to perform SQL transformations for real-time analytics. Load data into Rockset and create collections by writing SQL SELECT statements in dbt.
Sam Crowder
July 8, 2021
MongoDB
5 Can't Miss MongoDB.live Talks
As we gear up for MongoDB.live on July 13-14, here are some conference talks we're looking forward to attending.
Kevin Leong
July 7, 2021
SQL
Druid
How to Handle Database Joins in Apache Druid vs Rockset
This article focuses on implementing database joins in Apache Druid, explores workarounds like denormalization and examines alternative solutions like Rockset.
Shawn Adams
July 1, 2021
Developer
Create a Data API on MySQL Data with Rockset
We’ll be uploading, analyzing, and creating a data API on Airbnb data from Amazon RDS MySQL in Rockset.
Nadine Farah
June 29, 2021
Product
Production Visibility: Metrics Monitoring and Alerting
Rockset introduced console metrics and an integration for third-party monitoring tools to provide greater visibility for production workloads.
Brian Liang
June 18, 2021
Engineering
Company
My New Grad Experience at Rockset
Karen joined Rockset two years ago as a fresh CS grad. She shares highlights of her Rockset experience as a software engineer on the backend team.
Karen Li
June 17, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
The Emergence of Real-Time Analytics
Real-time analytics is now within reach of all companies from lean startups to large enterprises.
Julie Mills
June 7, 2021
Big Ideas
DynamoDB
MongoDB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Change Data Capture: What It Is and How to Use It
Change data capture (CDC) is a useful tool in many data architectures. Learn what CDC is, how it is implemented and when to use it.
Lewis Gavin
June 4, 2021
Engineering
RocksDB
Rockset Converged Index Adds Clustered Search Index for 70% Query Latency Reduction
We share how a new storage format for the search index in Rockset’s Converged Index reduced query latencies by as much as 70% and the size of the search index by about 20%.
Sandeep Dhoot
June 1, 2021
Developer
MySQL
Real-Time Analytics
Getting Started with Real-Time Analytics on MySQL Using Rockset
In this blog, we walk you through how to scale your Amazon RDS MySQL analytical workload with Rockset.
Nadine Farah
May 27, 2021
Elasticsearch
Compare and Contrast Search Indexing With Real-Time Converged Indexing
Elasticsearch and Rockset as indexing data stores for serving low latency queries.
Giovanni Tropeano
May 24, 2021
Big Ideas
What Is a Serverless Database and Why Use One
Serverless is commonly associated with functions and Lambdas, but engineering teams should also be knowledgeable about serverless databases and the benefits they provide.
Ben Rogojan
May 21, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Popular Use Cases for Real-Time Analytics
While real-time analytics is in demand, it’s not without its challenges in implementing.
Julie Mills
May 17, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
3 Reasons Why Real-Time Analytics Is More Affordable Than You Think
If you are considering real-time analytics, here are some ways to ensure you are taking the most cost-effective approach.
Kevin Leong
May 14, 2021
Developer
SQL
Find and Replace Text with SQL Regular Expressions in Rockset
When we tried to unnest a field, we get multiple errors. Check out this blog to see how we use regex to debug the error and replace the problematic characters!
Nadine Farah
May 13, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
SaaS Industry Trends in Real-Time Analytics
Multiple industries are seeing real time analytics trends emerge due to customer application usage. requirements for instant access to data is driving app development teams to heavily invest in embedded real time analytics.
Giovanni Tropeano
May 11, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Data Applications
Building Data Applications Powered by Real-Time Analytics
We share 3 key criteria for your real-time analytics platform that will fuel long-term success with data apps.
Shruti Bhat
May 5, 2021
Developer
Working with Mixed Data Types within a Field Using Rockset
When working with mixed field types, you’ll have to adjust your queries to take into consideration data types and values you don’t want to use. Here, we work through an example by ordering movies by release year.
Nadine Farah
April 28, 2021
Company
Engineering
Leading Design as a UX Team of 1
Aditi shares her experience leading design in Rockset’s fast-paced, developer-first environment.
Aditi Dhar
April 27, 2021
Developer
Flattening a JSON Object So It’s Queryable Using Rockset
You will often need to flatten a JSON object so you can query it. In this post, we’ll show how to do so using the UNNEST function in Rockset.
Nadine Farah
April 15, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Product
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Powering Real-Time Analytics at Scale on MySQL and PostgreSQL
Enable sub-second, high-concurrency analytics for MySQL and PostgreSQL using Rockset for real-time external indexing.
Justin Liu
April 12, 2021
Case Study
DynamoDB
Real-Time Analytics
Elasticsearch
Data Applications
Case Study: Bringing Real-Time Analytics to Construction Logistics at Command Alkon
Command Alkon offers a SaaS application to digitize construction logistics, allowing suppliers, transportation providers and contractors on jobsites to analyze and collaborate on data in real time.
Kevin Leong
April 5, 2021
Case Study
Elasticsearch
SQL
Case Study: Sequoia Capital — Why We Moved from Elasticsearch to Rockset
We spoke with Sequoia’s head of engineering, Jake Quist, and VP of data science, Hem Wadhar, about their reasons for moving their internal analytics off Elasticsearch to Rockset.
Kevin Leong
March 31, 2021
Case Study
Data Applications
Snowflake
Real-Time Analytics
Case Study: Ritual’s Move to Real-Time Analytics to Personalize the Multivitamin Experience
Ritual, a health-meets-technology company, personalized the cart checkout experience, email promotions and banners using Rockset. Learn how Ritual effectively monetized new product lines with real-time analytics.
Julie Mills
March 23, 2021
Engineering
On the Pursuit of Happiness (aka Squashing 502/504 Errors)
We recount our experience hunting down, diagnosing and fixing 502 and 504 errors to improve product quality and user experience.
Hieu Pham
March 15, 2021
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch or Rockset for Real-Time Analytics: Real-Time Ingestion and Indexing
In part 3 of our Elasticsearch and Rockset comparison, we examine how well Elasticsearch and Rockset ingest and index real-time data.
Shawn Adams
March 12, 2021
Engineering
Big Ideas
5 Tips for Recruiting Top Engineering Talent in Startups
Rockset CEO Venkat Venkataramani and engineering leaders Nimrod Hoofien (Gusto) and Adam Wolff (Robinhood) share best practices for recruiting great engineers.
Julie Mills
March 5, 2021
Big Ideas
Snowflake
Space-Time Tradeoff: Examining Snowflake's Compute Cost
In this post, we explore how developers should think about space, time, storage and compute cost as it relates to modern data analytics offerings like Snowflake and Rockset.
Shruti Bhat
February 25, 2021
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch or Rockset for Real-Time Analytics: How Much Query Flexibility Do You Have?
In part 2 of our Elasticsearch and Rockset comparison, we take a look at query flexibility and its impact on developer productivity.
Shawn Adams
February 18, 2021
Druid
Engineering
Real-Time Analytics
Rockset Is Up to 9.4x Faster than Apache Druid on the Star Schema Benchmark
We evaluated Rockset on the Star Schema Benchmark and found up to 9.4x query runtime speedup compared to Druid. We discuss our benchmarking exercise, results and analysis in this blog post.
Kevin Leong
February 9, 2021
Real-Time Analytics
Indexing Amazon S3 for Real-Time Analytics on Data Lakes
We explore how indexing Amazon S3 data can enable low-latency, high-concurrency queries for real-time analytics.
Shawn Adams
January 19, 2021
Elasticsearch
Elasticsearch or Rockset for Real-Time Analytics: Managing Clusters vs Going Serverless
In part 1 of our Elasticsearch and Rockset comparison, we explore the operational costs associated with both real-time analytics solutions.
Shawn Adams
December 22, 2020
Elasticsearch
How to Join Data in Elasticsearch vs Rockset
In this blog post, we'll look at what it takes to join data sets in Elasticsearch and in Rockset, using the same online marketplace example.
Lewis Gavin
December 17, 2020
Data Applications
Build Internal Apps in Minutes with Retool and Rockset: A Customer 360 Example
Learn how to integrate Rockset with Retool on a customer 360 sample app, using data APIs and pre-built UI components.
Ben Rogojan
December 10, 2020
Engineering
Company
What I've Learned in 2020: A Technical Version
Hieu shares thoughts on columnar databases, RocksDB, SQL engines and his year as an engineer at Rockset.
Hieu Pham
November 24, 2020
Engineering
RocksDB
Real-Time Analytics
How Rockset’s Converged Index Powers Real-Time Analytics
Rockset enables millisecond-latency queries on terabytes of data because all data ingested is indexed multiple ways in its Converged Index. Learn how the Converged Index works in this blog post.
Shawn Adams
November 19, 2020
Engineering
SQL
Smart Schema: Enabling SQL Queries on Semi-Structured Data
We explain and show how users can perform schemaless ingestion of their data and then use Rockset's Smart Schema to enable SQL queries directly on that data.
Shawn Adams
November 12, 2020
MongoDB
Elasticsearch
Real-Time Analytics
Using Elasticsearch to Offload Real-Time Analytics from MongoDB
This post weighs the advantages and disadvantages of moving read-heavy analytics off a primary MongoDB database using Elasticsearch for indexing.
Shawn Adams
October 27, 2020
Company
Real-Time Analytics
Rockset Raises $40M Series B to Empower Developers Building Real-Time Analytics
Rockset is the real-time cloud database built for modern data apps, bringing speed, scale and simplicity to developers building real-time analytics.
Venkat Venkataramani
October 27, 2020
Engineering
Company
Why I Am Joining Rockset
Nathan Bronson is joining Rockset to make real-time data infrastructure simple for users at scale.
Nathan Bronson
October 26, 2020
Case Study
PostgreSQL
Data Applications
Real-Time Analytics
Case Study: Rumble’s Real-Time Leaderboards Empower Users to Lead Healthier Lifestyles
Learn how Rockset powers Rumble's real-time leaderboards, which serve to motivate its users to keep active.
Nadine Farah
October 8, 2020
MongoDB
3 Tools to Help Debug Slow Queries in MongoDB
How can you investigate query performance issues in MongoDB? We give an overview of 3 tools available for troubleshooting slow queries in MongoDB Atlas.
Ben Rogojan
October 1, 2020
Kafka
MongoDB
Data Applications
Real-Time Analytics
Building a Real-Time Customer 360 on Kafka, MongoDB and Rockset
A step-by-step guide to building a real-time customer 360 using seconds-old purchase data from MongoDB and marketing data from Kafka.
Lewis Gavin
September 25, 2020
MongoDB
3 Ways to Offload Read-Heavy Applications from MongoDB
Offloading read-heavy analytics from an operational database, like MongoDB, is a common architectural pattern. This post examines 3 options for offloading MongoDB to a secondary system.
Ben Rogojan
September 15, 2020
Real-Time Analytics
Engineering
Rockset: 1 Billion Events in a Day with 1-Second Data Latency
This post introduces RockBench, a benchmark for measuring the data latency of real-time databases.
Dhruba Borthakur
September 3, 2020
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Offload Real-Time Reporting and Analytics from MongoDB Using PostgreSQL
This post weighs the advantages and disadvantages of moving read-heavy analytics off a primary MongoDB database to PostgreSQL.
Shawn Adams
August 27, 2020
DynamoDB
Case Study
Case Study: Matter Uses Rockset to Bring AI-Powered Sustainable Insights to Investors
With Rockset, Danish fintech Matter has the flexibility to run analytical queries on semi-structured data in S3 and DynamoDB as part of their NLP architecture.
Alexander Harrington
August 25, 2020
MongoDB
Handling Slow Queries in MongoDB - Part 2: Solutions
We discuss the advantages and disadvantages to various strategies for improving the performance of our MongoDB database
Justin Liu
August 20, 2020
Developer
Product
Announcing the New Rockset Developer Tools
We released Rockset Developer Tools, including a new CLI tool and a new VS Code extension, to make it easier to develop real-time data applications on Rockset.
Tanmay Chordia
August 18, 2020
Real-Time Analytics
Changing face of real-time analytics
We explore the continuum of real-time analytics, from live, interactive dashboards to online applications that automatically take action on real-time data.
Shruti Bhat
August 13, 2020
Big Ideas
The Future is Serverless: What About Your Data Stack?
Serverless architectures offer ease of use and cost advantages. We explore what serverless means for your data stack.
Shruti Bhat
August 11, 2020
Real-Time Analytics
Analytics-on-the-fly: from batch to real-time user engagement
Companies need to embrace real-time analytics to compete and survive. Only those that have invested in a real-time data stack will thrive.
Dhruba Borthakur
August 10, 2020
Real-Time Analytics
Rapid Experimentation and Growth Using Real-Time Analytics
Learn how to build for the requirements of a massive-scale A/B experiments platform.
Venkat Venkataramani
August 10, 2020
Case Study
DynamoDB
Real-Time Analytics
Case Study: eGoGames Esports Platform Uses Rockset for Real-Time Analytics on Gaming Data
eGoGames improves user experience, detects fraud, and makes business decisions using Rockset for real-time analytics on gaming data in Amazon DynamoDB and S3.
Kevin Leong
August 7, 2020
MongoDB
Handling Slow Queries in MongoDB - Part 1: Investigation
Explore various methods of identifying slow queries on MongoDB and understand how to improve them.
Justin Liu
July 29, 2020
MongoDB
Performance Isolation for Your Primary MongoDB Cluster
Performance of your primary MongoDB cluster is crucial. We look at how using multiple MongoDB clusters can help with performance isolation.
Dai Shi
July 23, 2020
MongoDB
Improving MongoDB Read Performance - Indexing, Replication and Sharding
Real-time analytics demands low-latency complex queries. Learn how to speed up read performance by indexing, replication and sharding in MongoDB.
Shawn Adams
July 21, 2020
Big Ideas
Real-Time Analytics
Building Real-Time Data Architectures to Foster Innovation
Lessons on building real-time data architectures based on experiences growing Facebook users 30x, from 50 million to 1.5 billion.
Venkat Venkataramani
July 16, 2020
MongoDB
Engineering
Indexing on MongoDB Using Rockset - How It Works
An in-depth look at indexing MongoDB data in Rockset and how it compares to indexing in MongoDB itself.
Ben Hannel
July 14, 2020
Case Study
MongoDB
Case Study: StoryFire - Scaling a Social Video Platform on MongoDB and Rockset
Learn how StoryFire uses Rockset to index data from their transactional MongoDB database to achieve performance and scale.
Ben Hagan
July 8, 2020
DynamoDB
Kafka
Data Applications
Real-Time Analytics
Designing a Real-Time ETA Prediction System Using Kafka, DynamoDB and Rockset
Generate ETA predictions for a delivery service using real-time location and order data from Kafka and DynamoDB.
Kartik Khare
June 23, 2020
MongoDB
Data Applications
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Recommendations for Event Ticketing Using MongoDB and Rockset
Implementing a real-time recommendations API for an event ticketing system by indexing MongoDB data in Rockset for fast SQL.
Lewis Gavin
June 16, 2020
MongoDB
Product
JOINs and Aggregations Using Real-Time Indexing on MongoDB Atlas
We explore how real-time indexing on MongoDB enables fast aggregation and join queries, and how Rockset is specifically designed to meet real-time indexing requirements.
Kevin Leong
June 9, 2020
MongoDB
MongoDB Performance Tuning - Top 5 Resources
A compilation of MongoDB performance tuning resources, covering topics such as sharding, indexing, schema design and performance isolation.
Kevin Leong
June 4, 2020
RocksDB
Engineering
Remote Compactions in RocksDB-Cloud
We modified RocksDB-Cloud to allow remote compactions in order to optimize RocksDB for cloud environments.
Hieu Pham
June 2, 2020
MongoDB
Top 10 sessions for MongoDB.live 2020
Sessions to look forward to for MongoDB.live 2020
Nadine Farah
May 19, 2020
MongoDB
Create APIs for Aggregations and Joins on MongoDB in Under 15 Minutes
Build a Python application to create and execute APIs on aggregations and joins using Rockset and MongoDB.
Nadine Farah
May 6, 2020
MongoDB
Engineering
Elasticsearch
Using MongoDB Change Streams for Indexing with Elasticsearch vs Rockset
Learn how Rockset indexes data from MongoDB change data capture (CDC) streams and how it compares to indexing in Elasticsearch.
Kshitij Wadhwa
April 28, 2020
Engineering
Index Scan: Using Rockset's Search Index to Speed up Range Scans Over a Specific Field
Rockset uses Converged Indexing to make different types of queries run fast. We look at how Rockset's Index Scan uses the search index to accelerate range scans.
Karen Li
April 20, 2020
Elasticsearch
SQL
Can I Do SQL-Style Joins in Elasticsearch?
We explore how to perform the equivalent of SQL joins when using Elasticsearch. While joins are primarily an SQL concept, they are equally important in NoSQL
Shawn Adams
April 3, 2020
DynamoDB
Case Study
Dashboards
Case Study: Fleet Management System – An End-to-End Streaming Data Pipeline
This post outlines a fleet management solution using IoT and data technologies, such as DynamoDB, AWS IoT Core, AWS Lambda, and Rockset.
Abhijeet Upadhyay
March 19, 2020
Kafka
Real-Time Analytics
How to Use KSQL Stream Processing and Real-Time Databases to Analyze Streaming Data in Kafka
We discuss when stream processing, with KSQL and Kafka Streams, and when a real-time database like Rockset are best used for analyzing Kafka data.
Ari Ekmekji
March 12, 2020
Developer
Product
Query Lambdas: Increasing Developer Velocity for Application Development
We’re now proud to release a new product feature - Query Lambdas - that similarly rethinks the data application development workflow.
Scott Morris
March 5, 2020
Kafka
Best Practices for Analyzing Kafka Event Streams
What are the key considerations when selecting an analytics stack for building data applications on Kafka event streams?
Kevin Leong
February 28, 2020
MongoDB
Product
Real-time external indexing for aggregations and joins on MongoDB collections
This is a tech preview of an integration that will allow you to index your MongoDB data in row, column and inverted indexes, and run millisecond-latency SQL queries in real-time.
Shruti Bhat
February 14, 2020
Kafka
Data Applications
Where's My Tesla? Creating a Data API Using Kafka, Rockset and Postman to Find Out
We demonstrate how to expose real-time IoT data in Kafka through the Rockset REST API in this example.
Lewis Gavin
February 7, 2020
Kafka
Dashboards
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Analytics on Connected Car IoT Data Streams from Apache Kafka
In this IoT example, we examine how to enable complex analytic queries on real-time Kafka streams from connected car sensors.
Shawn Adams
January 28, 2020
Case Study
Data Applications
Case Study: Standard Cognition Uses Rockset to Deliver Data APIs and Real-Time Metrics for Vision AI
Standard Cognition, an AI-powered computer vision company, uses Rockset to enable their developers to deliver data APIs and product improvements.
Kevin Leong