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How to build HammerDB from source

HammerDB

MAY 26, 2022

If you are not already familiar with the programming languages that HammerDB uses, then this earlier post serves as an ideal introduction to what makes up the highest performing GIL free database benchmarking application. What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter? WHY build from source? HammerDB-4.4-Linux.tar.gz

C++

C++ Database Servers Open Source

Jamstack CMS: The Past, The Present and The Future

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the 2000s we had a showdown of two popular blog publishing platforms — MovableType in 2001 and WordPress in 2003. In addition, they introduced a hosted version of MovableType in 2003 called TypePad to compete with other popular cloud platforms. Nanoc removed the UI and is instead a program you run on the command line.

Ecommerce

Ecommerce Website Government Internet

HammerDB v4.7 New Features Pt 2: Example CLI Scripts

HammerDB

MARCH 25, 2023

Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands Initialized SQLite on-disk database /home/steve/HammerDB-4.7/TMP/hammer.DB Copyright (C) 2003-2023 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands Initialized SQLite on-disk database /home/steve/HammerDB-4.7/TMP/hammer.DB Copy Code Copied Use a different Browser $./scripts/tcl/maria/tprocc/maria_tprocc.sh

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C++ Virtualization Benchmarking Database

Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

JANUARY 13, 2020

These are the bestsellers in the web performance field, including the good old Speed Up Your Site (2003) by Andy King; Steve Souders’ Even Faster Web Sites (2009) ; Ilya Grigorik’s High Performance Browser Networking (2013) ; Tammy Everts’ Time is Money (2016) ; and a handful of more recent publications. The Art of SEO.

Performance

Performance Social Media Website Website Performance

End of term

The Morning Paper

APRIL 22, 2019

My end of term tradition is to highlight a few of the papers from the term that I especially enjoyed, but this time around I want to let one work stand alone: Making reliable distributed systems in the presence of software errors , Joe Armstrong, December 2003. Code with no specifications.

Programming

Programming Code Software Software

5 Best WordPress Development Companies in India 2023

Official Blog - World Web Technology

MAY 5, 2023

Established in 2003, Hidden Brains offers end-to-end IT-based business solutions in Web, Mobile & Cloud with a presence in other countries also. Details founded: 2003 employees: 200-250 hourly rates: $25- $49 clutch rating: 4.6 Details founded: 2011 employees: 50-99 hourly rates: $15-$25 clutch rating: 4.9 +91

Development

Development Mobile Website Technology

Fast key-value stores: an idea whose time has come and gone

The Morning Paper

JUNE 23, 2019

After all, we’ve been doing that forever with the 2nd-level cache of ORMs , and it is highly encouraged in e.g. the AWS Lambda programming model — which was born on the cloud— to help mitigate function start-up times. Yes, a bit like those 2nd-level caches we were talking about earlier, e.g. Ehcache from 2003 onwards. Who knew! ;).

Cache

Cache Latency Google Network

Supercomputing Predictions: Custom CPUs, CXL3.0, and Petalith Architectures

Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 20, 2023

I presented a keynote for Sun at Supercomputing 2003 in Phoenix Arizona and included the slide shown below. CXL is a memory protocol, as shown in the third block in my diagram from 2003, and provides cache coherent latency around 200ns, and up to 2 meters maximum distance. When I asked some CXL experts whether they saw CXL3.0

Architecture

Architecture Latency Benchmarking AWS

Transforming enterprise integration with reactive streams

O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

Software today is not typically a single program—something that is executed by an operator or user, producing a result to that person—but rather a service : something that runs for the benefit of its consumers, a provider of value. The most common programming task in the world. Let’s dive into this concept for a bit.

Transportation

Transportation Java Programming Architecture

Why Tcl is 700% faster than Python for database benchmarking

HammerDB

JULY 5, 2022

Python is a popular programming language, especially for beginners, and consequently we see it occurring in places where it just shouldn’t be used, such as database benchmarking. What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter? Surely any language will do? hammerdbcli auto pgtime.tcl HammerDB CLI v4.4

Benchmarking

Benchmarking Database C++ Virtualization

Tasktop Viz Limited Release Announced, Flow Metrics Made Easy

Tasktop

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In 2003, I left the software industry to work on my PhD in Computer Science. Instead, I was on a quest to find the next 10x productivity increase in programming. The Early Access program launched in April this year, followed in July by large-scale production deployments to select visionary customers to accelerate our feedback loop.

Metrics

Metrics DevOps Programming Innovation

HammerDB Concepts and Architecture

HammerDB

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Programming Languages. When you download the source code for HammerDB you can see that the programming language it is written in is called TCL. Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Steve Shaw Type "help" for a list of commands The xml is well-formed, applying configuration hammerdb>librarycheck Checking database library for Oracle Success.

Architecture

Architecture Virtualization Open Source C++

Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

MARCH 10, 2015

Customer retention programs can require the identification of customers who are likely to stop the relationship with a retailer but can change their minds under the influence of incentives. This metric reveals customers with high revenue potential, hence it can be used in loyalty programs and usage expansion campaigns. Prairie, 2003.

Retail

Retail C++ Analytics Metrics

What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 2?—?Sun Microsystems

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I still code in R… One role I had for many years was to lead technical training events for the global specialist systems engineers, which we called the Ambassador Program. I was looking for a new challenge, so joined the program and ended up getting certified as a “black belt”. Rich Pettit is one of the best programmers I ever met.

Tuning

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++