BlobCity DB
Data
multi-format database
SHOW HN2019
37points
7comments
#917of 2,195 in 2019
Top 42%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Pricing: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Ability to search PDF contents with SQL
From 1 comment
The problem is you cannot search through data stored in blob fields. In BlobCity DB, you can push in a PDF and yet search the contents of the PDF with an SQL query. select * from…
sanketsarang on HN
Objections
'Unlimited data for free' claim is misleading
From 1 comment
“Store unlimited data for free and pay only for what you analyse” - unlimited data for free? Not happening. I would really take that off before someone tries to find out limits…
techie128 on HN
Cassandra already stores arbitrary blobs
From 1 comment
Cassandra does not enforce any restrictions on the data format. You could store practically any blob.
techie128 on HN
Alternatives named
MongoDB
From 1 comment
Hey, I am the chief architect & creator of BlobCity DB. Other DB’s such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, ArangoDB all require data to be in a single format (JSON, XML, SQL, CSV…
sanketsarang on HN
Cassandra
From 2 comments
Hey, I am the chief architect & creator of BlobCity DB. Other DB’s such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, ArangoDB all require data to be in a single format (JSON, XML, SQL, CSV…
sanketsarang on HNCassandra does not enforce any restrictions on the data format. You could store practically any blob.
techie128 on HN
Couchbase
From 1 comment
Hey, I am the chief architect & creator of BlobCity DB. Other DB’s such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, ArangoDB all require data to be in a single format (JSON, XML, SQL, CSV…
sanketsarang on HN
ArangoDB
From 1 comment
Hey, I am the chief architect & creator of BlobCity DB. Other DB’s such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, ArangoDB all require data to be in a single format (JSON, XML, SQL, CSV…
sanketsarang on HN