Project - CouchDB consulting and tooling development
Through Neighbourhoodie, I worked extensively with Apache CouchDB, building diagnostic tools like Opservatory and developing SQS - an SQL query engine for CouchDB.
- Project
- Apache CouchDB
- Year
- Role
- Database Tooling & Consulting
Overview
Apache CouchDB is a distributed NoSQL database that focuses on ease of use and reliability. At Neighbourhoodie, a consultancy specializing in JavaScript and CouchDB, I worked extensively with CouchDB systems and built tools to support the ecosystem.
Opservatory
I maintained and developed backend services for Opservatory, a diagnostic platform aimed at helping users understand and troubleshoot their CouchDB systems. My contributions focused on:
- Building analytics and reporting features using Hapi
- Creating tools to diagnose common CouchDB issues
- Implementing monitoring capabilities for database health
Structured Query Server (SQS)
I worked on SQS, an innovative SQL query engine for CouchDB. This tool enables users to extract data from CouchDB using standard SQL SELECT statements, making the database more accessible to users familiar with SQL but new to CouchDB's native query language.
Key features include:
- Standard SQL SELECT syntax support
- Efficient data extraction from CouchDB databases
- Bridge between SQL familiarity and CouchDB's document model
CouchDB Expertise
Working at Neighbourhoodie gave me deep experience with:
- Distributed database architecture
- Offline-first application patterns with PouchDB
- Database replication and conflict resolution
- Performance optimization and troubleshooting
What I did
- CouchDB
- PouchDB
- Hapi
- SQL
- Node.js
- Database Tooling
Building tools that make CouchDB more accessible and easier to diagnose helps the entire ecosystem thrive.
- Diagnostics tool
- Opservatory
- SQL for CouchDB
- SQS
- Backend services
- Hapi
- Expertise
- Consulting