Here is the preview: https://couchdbblog.wordpress.com/?p=973&preview=true
Not sure if you can see it Robert. Please someone else have a quick check. We can post it then? The question is when? All the best Andy -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! GPG public key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4F1D0C59BC90917D > On 22 Apr 2016, at 10:47, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am creating a draft at the moment … will be back in 30 Minutes with a link > > Cheers > > Andy > -- > Andy Wenk > Hamburg - Germany > RockIt! > > GPG public key: > https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4F1D0C59BC90917D > > > > >> On 22 Apr 2016, at 04:32, Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> forgot to add the images: >> >> https://github.com/robertkowalski/couch-labs/blob/blog/blog/databases-are-not-boring/1-to-1.png >> https://github.com/robertkowalski/couch-labs/blob/blog/blog/databases-are-not-boring/diff.png >> https://github.com/robertkowalski/couch-labs/blob/blog/blog/databases-are-not-boring/first-prototype.png >> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:10 AM, Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey there! >>> >>> Here is the latest version, thanks to the awesome help of Jenn! >>> >>> I am leaving for Cuba in 6 hours, it would be cool if someone could >>> publish it. The feature is already merged. Please decide how you want to >>> handle the video (embedded youtube, gif or something else). >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Robert >>> >>> >>> Original video: >>> >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1809262/rev-browse.mov >>> >>> gif: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1809262/revision-browser.gif >>> >>> Article: >>> >>> --- >>> >>> # Databases aren’t boring >>> >>> It sounds super boring, sometimes scary. Let’s talk about database >>> development, data management, and database administration. Sounds boring, >>> right? I promise: it isn’t. I mainly develop for [Fauxton]( >>> https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton), the UI for CouchDB we’ll >>> release with 2.0. We are developing, designing, and concepting a UI for >>> administration and data management. >>> >>> When I tell fellow developers and designers that I develop a database, >>> many of them look scared. Sometimes they also look bored, because people >>> rarely imagine data management is exciting. Some of them might think of >>> boring database courses in college. In this article we’ll discover what >>> makes database development so interesting and exciting. >>> >>> One of our main objectives is to make data management as frictionless as >>> possible for the user. How can we lower the entry barrier for new users, >>> but still support our power users? How can we display data in an accurate, >>> detailed way, but still have a high density of information? How do we >>> measure our success without traditional systems to measure engagement, like >>> tracking? It is important to remember--we can be successful only if our >>> users are successful. >>> >>> A recent example where we want to make our users more successful is >>> [eventual consistency and MVCC]( >>> http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/consistency.html). Large numbers of >>> conflicts can be problematic; they will slow down the database and take up >>> a lot of space. Some of the Fauxton developers recently had a hackweek. As >>> part of one project we asked ourselves: “How can we make conflict detection >>> and resolution a first class citizen in CouchDB and make it as frictionless >>> as possible?” >>> >>> Our goals: >>> >>> - Conflict detection should be as easy as possible >>> - Make conflict resolution as easy as possible and provide necessary >>> tooling >>> - Help to avoid situations where a large number of conflicts become >>> problematic >>> - Provide better education and tutorials for conflict resolution, directly >>> in the dashboard >>> >>> We focused mainly on conflict resolution as our time was limited to one >>> week. A document with conflicts has different revisions, and Couch elects >>> one as the “winning revision.” How to choose the right revision and get rid >>> of the other ones? Our project, codenamed “The Revision Browser,” was born. >>> We wanted to provide a way to easily diff revisions, and inspect the >>> revision tree. We also wanted an easy way to delete conflicting revisions >>> and select other revisions as a winner. The first, ugly prototype had two >>> dropdowns: >>> >>>  >>> >>> We are a distributed team, so use video calls for evaluating the >>> iterations. We demo the current, incomplete work. Whenever possible, we >>> test ad-hoc changes directly in the browser during the session. One >>> addition that came up during our demos was to provide another view mode >>> next to the “diff mode”. It shows both conflicting documents next to each >>> other: >>> >>>  >>> >>> After the hackweek we had some work left to bring the project over the >>> finish line. I am happy to announce that we have a minimum viable product >>> now: >>> >>>  >>> >>> The feature was created in close collaboration with other developers and >>> UX researchers. [Here is a video showing the new features in action]( >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G8d7PzMVsk): >>> >>> >>> >>> <iframe width="420" height="315" src=" >>> https://www.youtube.com/embed/3G8d7PzMVsk"; frameborder="0" >>> allowfullscreen></iframe> >>> >>> >>> Data management is also interesting from the technical point of view. How >>> can we display a lot of documents, but keep the application snappy? >>> >>> The revision browser is written in React. The code itself is pretty >>> concise as we recently added ES 2015 / ES6 support to Fauxton. Thanks to >>> our test coverage, we can refactor large parts of Fauxton. Recently, we >>> changed the whole infrastructure underneath without much trouble. >>> Interested in the code? It is available at: >>> https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/pull/670 >>> >>> >>> >>> ## Conclusion >>> >>> >>> Despite its image, data management and database administration IS >>> interesting. We face hard problems from a product point of view. They are >>> challenging and it is fun to solve them in a team including developers, UX >>> researchers, and designers. We also face interesting technical problems and >>> solve them with the best technology available. >>> >>> >>> ## About the author >>> >>> Robert Kowalski is a passionate software engineer and CouchDB contributor. >>> He enjoys traveling and recently released a book about command line tools >>> in Node.js, [The CLI Book](http://theclibook.com). >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> here is the original source of the video (maybe to create better gifs i >>>> my does not suffice?): >>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1809262/rev-browse.mov >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:48 AM, Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> here is the gif: >>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1809262/revision-browser.gif >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> ooooh, I really like this, the feature and the writeup! Thanks for >>>>>> offering to post >>>>>> it on the CouchDB blog. I’d be very much in favour! >>>>>> >>>>>> I’d suggest we put this in a google doc and give it an editorial >>>>>> once-over (looking at Jenn with puppy-eyes ^^), but then this is ready to >>>>>> go. >>>>>> >>>>>> The video could maybe be a gif, so we can tweet/share it more easily, >>>>>> if you are up for converting it (or anyone, really). >>>>>> >>>>>> Great job! :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Best >>>>>> Jan >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 19 Apr 2016, at 19:39, Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I went into a hip cafe this weekend, drank espressi and wrote a >>>>>> blogpost! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The draft is at >>>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/robertkowalski/couch-labs/blob/blog/blog/databases-are-not-boring/databases-are-not-boring.md >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you want we can publish it on the CouchDB blog, but I am also happy >>>>>>> to publish it somewhere else. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> btw.: seems GitHub does not support embedded videos in markdown, so I >>>>>>> linked it for the draft. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Professional Support for Apache CouchDB: >>>>>> https://neighbourhood.ie/couchdb-support/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >
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