LukeEF

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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   Thanks! Building a database is a long road as the baseline for zero is so high, but we're really happy with the open source approach. Decentralized collaboration suits the team too (I actually saw an article called 'I Want Decentr
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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   TerminusDB is an open source (GPLv3) full featured in-memory graph database management system with a rich query language: WOQL (the Web Object Query Language). TerminusDB originated in Trinity College Dublin in Ireland in 2015 when we start
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   Show HN: TerminusDB – An open source in-memory graph database(terminusdb.com)

   231 points by LukeEF 7y ago|64 comments
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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   TerminusDB is about to launch a set of features that are all about... (drum roll) Decentralized Version Control for Structured Data!
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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   4 kids (11, 9, 7, 3). WFH for last 10 days. Wife is a journalist with a national newspaper. And trying to get a esoteric database startup off the ground (TerminusDB). Basically impossible. Over the weekend I assembled a school in one of the
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   Discussion of what's wrong with the Semantic Web(medium.com)

   10 points by LukeEF 7y ago|0 comments
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   The Secret Life of Programs(dev.to)

   1 points by LukeEF 7y ago|0 comments
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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   The obligatory xkcd! They should have known, right?
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   by LukeEF 7y ago

   I mean srsly people, has nobody read the relevant xkcd? It was all so clear: https://xkcd.com/2030/
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Thanks - we thought that too! I might re post to see if we just got timing wrong. I haven't seen the OCaml Irmin before - very interesting and some parallel ideas. I think this sort of store is going to become a popular choice as it hi
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    A discussion of ‘Regular Expressions - Theory and Practice’. It covers a bunch of interesting aspects including Chomsky’s Hierarchy, Büchi automata, grammars and much more. This is a weekly discussion that takes place among TerminusDB core
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    Regular Expressions – Theory and Practice(youtu.be)

    3 points by LukeEF 7y ago|1 comments
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    TerminusDB 1.1 - the Big Babushka! So happy to put this out. It could almost be a 2.0, but given that we are a young DB, we want to save those release numbers for future exciting developments (I did see another DB on release 0.50.0 - I wo
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    Show HN: TerminusDB 1.1 – Big Babushka' OSS graph DB that stores data like Git(github.com)

    3 points by LukeEF 7y ago|1 comments
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    Git for Data – A TerminusDB Technical Paper [pdf](github.com)

    25 points by LukeEF 7y ago|5 comments
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Tl;dr: Graph is the coming data model. The world will change, but some people haven’t seen it yet, so there is an opportunity. TerminusDB is an open source model driven graph DB. We see a world full of opportunity and want to help people to
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    Join the Data-Centric Revolution(medium.com)

    2 points by LukeEF 7y ago|1 comments
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    This is a good point and syncs with our approach: https://terminusdb.com/docs/woql
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Yes - a graph database implemented in Prolog and Rust (the storage layer - better for nitty-gritty bit manipulation). We think it's a great general purpose DB with all sorts of interesting features. Cool stuff coming on the platform, s
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    SWI Prolog deserves a moment as it is amazing. Terminus uses it not because of some ideological position but as it is the best technology for the job.
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    We are pushing out documentation (worked examples etc.) as fast as we can so hopefully it will be come more understandable. In terms of making money, we'll launch a hosted platform in the near future.
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Great - documentation is a work in progress! We are also pushing out examples and use cases as fast as we can.
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Hello! Good to hear that you've been watching. It has been a struggle, but we got 1.0 over the line. Furiously writing documentation at the moment. Let us know what you think.
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    TerminusDB new open source release – 'unified model' database(medium.com)

    5 points by LukeEF 7y ago|1 comments
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Thanks! We're very serious about the link to Asimov's foundation. We're huge fans and our work on the global history databank was, in part, inspired by psychohistory ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliodyn
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    Working in a prolog first startup, this 'conversion' seems to be a regular enough experience. New core engineering recruits take a while, but then become evangelists!
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    by LukeEF 7y ago

    We are about to launch an prolog based DBMS. Incredibly powerful engine. Some prolog background here: https://medium.com/terminusdb Watch this space!