Minigraf: A Spiritual Successor to RecallGraph
It has been roughly five years since the last release of RecallGraph. The repository has been quiet for most of that time, and is now formally archived. The reasons are not particularly dramatic: the
Notes From Heck
I’m a developer, a hobbyist biker, and a Linux enthusiast. When not riding into the sunset, and not being a general nuisance, I like to experiment with new syst
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Update (2026): the thinking in this post is now carried forward in Minigraf A webinar recording of RecallGraph, where I discuss its roadmap, adoption and development efforts. Apologies in advance for
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Update (2026): the thinking in this post is now carried forward in Minigraf A webinar recording of RecallGraph, presented at ArangoDB Online Meetup, as part of their Community Pioneers Initiative. htt
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Update (2026): the thinking in this post is now carried forward in Minigraf I would like to introduce an open source, Apache 2.0 licensed project of mine: https://github.com/CivicGraph/CivicGraph Civi
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Exploring Graph Database Versioning Approaches
Update (2026): the thinking in this post is now carried forward in Minigraf Building on my previous post, where I emphasize the need for versioned graph databases, I explore a few of the possible appr
The Case for Versioned Graph Databases
Update (2026): the thinking in this post is now carried forward in Minigraf Why Graph Databases? Graph databases have become ubiquitous over the years due to their incredible representational and quer