Software engineering, distributed systems, databases, and the teams that build them
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. rqlite.io is the Hugo-based website for rqlite, built on the Docsy theme. It introduces people to the database, as well as serving all the technical documentation. Last month I decided to ask Claude Code to redesign the website. I fed this simple prompt to Opus 5, [ ]
OpenAI has given me six months of ChatGPT Pro through its Codex for Open Source programme, which backs maintainers of projects the wider ecosystem depends on. I will be putting it to work on rqlite primarily coding and PR review, as well as the routine maintenance that keeps releases moving. Many thanks to OpenAI [ ]
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. After my initial experience with Fable, it got me thinking. I created rqlite, I maintain it. Why won t Fable help me find and fix bugs in the software? Why does it refuse to identify potential bugs? Because it doesn t know for sure I am who I [ ]
Today I tried Anthropic s latest model, Fable, for the the first time. I asked it to run a full code review of the core Go code of rqlite. Fable reject my first prompt as unsafe review the rqlite code base for potential bugs and Claude Code fell back to Opus 4.8. I rewrote [ ]
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. Version 10.2.0 has been released with more improvements to the built-in web console and mutual TLS support.
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, fault-tolerant database built on SQLite and Raft. It s reached a new milestone this week 1 million Docker downloads. Thanks to the entire rqlite community for their support and engagement with rqlite.
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. Version 10.1.0 has been released with improvements to the built-in web console. The web console now support directly examining the schema of your database tables, and basic schema management.
Today at Lowe s I passed a Simbe robot doing inventory. A tall pole on a wheeled base, moving the aisles, looking at shelves. I was startled, but only because it appeared behind me. And then I felt nothing. No one else even looked up. The novelty collapsed immediately, because every part of it was already [ ]
rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, fault-tolerant relational database built on SQLite and Raft. Version 10 is out now. rqlite uses SQLite as its storage engine and has a particular relationship with the SQLite Write-Ahead Log (WAL). SQLite, left to itself, manages its own WAL: it checkpoints when the WAL grows, it checkpoints when the last connection closes, [ ]
rqlite is a lightweight, user-friendly, open-source, distributed relational database. It’s written in Go, employs Raft for distributed consensus, and uses SQLite as its storage engine. rqlite v10.0 has been released and introduces improved cluster and management features, including a new console application served by rqlite itself. Be sure to download rqlite 10.0 and try it [ ]