[DRAFT] CouchDB Weekly News Jan Week 5

[Jenn Turner <je...@thehoodiefirm.com>]

Hello! 😎
Here is the draft I’ve put together for this week’s news as of this morning. Please let me know if there’s anything missing or needs fixing. 

Thanks!


CouchDB Weekly Meeting
No meeting as of Jan 18, will check again

Major Discussions
Getting people to test CouchDB 2.0 alpha releases (https://pony-poc.apache.org/thread.html/Z2751hecgfb962y)
Mango Catch All Selector (https://pony-poc.apache.org/thread.html/Z4rary5ug1652we)
Docker (https://pony-poc.apache.org/thread.html/Zsmyxblplnaqm10)

Releases in the CouchDB universe
https://github.com/kafecho/ansible-couchdb2
https://www.npmjs.com/package/simplicate
https://www.npmjs.com/package/rlx
https://www.npmjs.com/package/cdb
https://www.npmjs.com/package/cradle
https://github.com/anikdas/generator-xprscouch


PouchDB
http://pouchdb.com/2016/01/13/pouchdb-5.2.0-a-better-build-system-with-rollup.html
https://twitter.com/nolanlawson/status/688441233233022976


Opinions and other news in the CouchDB universe

http://blog.couchbase.com/2016/january/couchbase-server-and-couchdb-compared
https://dzone.com/articles/angular-and-svg-and-couchdb-for-an-office-seat-map
https://blog.codecentric.de/en/2016/01/elixir-phoenix-couchdb-introduction/
http://etl.io/how-to-integrate-vtiger-with-couchdb-with-an-etl-app/


… and in the PouchDB Universe

https://twitter.com/pouchdb/status/689028202363260928
http://blog.couchbase.com/2016/january/create-an-angularjs-web-application-that-syncs-with-couchbase-using-pouchdb


CouchDB use cases, questions and answers
Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34777700/couchdb-search-and-replace
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34812899/couchdb-date-range-multiple-query-parameters
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34805659/couchdb-views-total-rows-vs-offset-vs-rows
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34820771/what-happens-if-i-do-not-specify-a-stale-paramter-on-my-view

No public answer:
http://serverfault.com/questions/748736/apache-couchdb-service-terminates-on-windows-10-single-language
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34763167/pass-session-to-couchdb-using-nano
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34798695/couchdb-many-databases-performance-issues

PouchDB use cases, questions and answers
Stack Overflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34768344/pouch-db-remote-not-working-on-android-device

No public answer:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34806910/pouchdb-sync-cors-issue


Get involved!
If you want to get into working on CouchDB:
We have an infinite number of open contributor positions on CouchDB. Submit a pull request and join the project!

Do you want to help us with the work on the new CouchDB website? Get in touch on our new website mailing list and join the website team! – www@couchdb.apache.org

The CouchDB advocate marketing programme is just getting started. Join us in CouchDB’s Advocate Hub!

CouchDB has a new wiki. Help us move content from the old to the new one!

Can you help with Web Design, Development or UX for our Admin Console? No Erlang skills required! – Get in touch with us.

Do you want to help moving the CouchDB docs translation forward? We’d love to have you in our L10n team! See our current status and languages we’d like to provide CouchDB docs in on this page. If you’d like to help, don’t hesitate to contact the L10n mailing list on l10n@couchdb.apache.org or ping Andy Wenk (awenkhh on IRC).

We’d be happy to welcome you on board!

Events
http://www.meetup.com/CouchDB-Meetup-Hamburg/events/226859021/
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cloud-db-day-austin-registration-20279389199?aff=twitter
February 09, Saint Louis (MO), US: Mobile & Web sync with CouchDB, Couchbase Lite, and PouchDB

Job opportunities for people with CouchDB skills
Senior Server-Side Developer
Senior Software Developer
Developer
DevOps Engineer
Scala/Java Backend Developer (m/f) (Munich, Germany)

Time to relax!
7 apps for unplugging and powering down http://99u.com/articles/52543/7-apps-for-unplugging-and-powering-down
Relax, our children won't be harmed by looking at screens http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/relax_our_children_won_t_be_harmed_by_staring_at_screens_1_4382362
The web is okay http://www.charlotteis.co.uk/the-web-is-okay/
The easiest way to lose 125 lbs is to gain 175 lbs https://medium.com/@billbarnwell/the-easiest-way-to-lose-125-pounds-is-to-gain-175-pounds-b4fca27ffcc5#.r4bb582gk
How SlackBot forced us to work out https://medium.com/@brandonshin/how-slackbot-forced-us-to-workout-7b4741a2de73#.qgklzq90a

...and also in the news
http://www.annewheaton.com/the-long-goodbye/  (via https://twitter.com/seldo/status/688839855170654208)
Being a deaf developer http://cruft.io/posts/deep-accessibility/
Onboarding experience survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pSfnU0yzZQCUUhnRhTh1oyjYy9uLfQgKePTN8Kk9wEs/viewform?c=0&w=1
https://twitter.com/lucyamorris/status/687731006187540480
https://torflow.uncharted.software/ via https://twitter.com/adam_baldwin/status/688612938664443904


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Jenn Turner
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