Draft of Weekly News

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

Sorry this is coming in late, but here’s the draft I have so far for Thursday :)
–Jenn



CouchDB Weekly News Feb Week 2

#Major Discussions
Making an SCM backed by CouchDB - anyone interested in helping develop this? https://pony-poc.apache.org/thread.html/Zdkim3cov06bi5s


#Releases in the CouchDB universe
sensu-plugins-couchdb 0.0.1 (Ruby Gem) https://rubygems.org/gems/sensu-plugins-couchdb
https://github.com/anikdas/generator-xprscouch – Yeoman generator for express app with couchdb
winston-couch (Node) Winston Transport for CouchDB https://www.npmjs.com/package/winston-couch
replication-monitor 0.1.0 (Python) – A GTK+ tool to create, delete and monitor CouchDB, AvanceDB, PouchDB and Cloudant replication jobs https://pypi.python.org/pypi/replication-monitor/0.1.0


#PouchDB
How to think about databases http://nolanlawson.com/2016/02/08/how-to-think-about-databases/ 

A Summary of Backend Options for HTML5 Mobile Applications http://www.joshmorony.com/a-summary-of-backend-options-for-html5-mobile-applications/


#Opinions and other news in the CouchDB universe
80: Getting Started with CouchDB on The Web Platform Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuigRk4u0m4&feature=youtu.be&a

NodeJS CouchDB Create Database by DevNami https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD1sE3AlV9g

How to do distributed locking http://martin.kleppmann.com/2016/02/08/how-to-do-distributed-locking.html

CONTRIBUTING TO AN INCLUSIVE OPEN-SOURCE COMMUNITY https://www.newamerica.org/oti/contributing-to-an-inclusive-open-source-community/


#… and in the PouchDB Universe


#CouchDB use cases, questions and answers

Using CouchDB to store and propagate configuration changes http://blog.yld.io/2016/02/04/using-couchdb-to-store-and-propagate-configuration-changes/

Stack Overflow:
Can couchDB automatically update a specific doc when a new doc has been added? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35208775/can-couchdb-automatically-update-a-specific-doc-when-a-new-doc-has-been-added
Uploading documents to CouchDB in pure JS http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35241674/uploading-documents-to-couchdb-in-pure-js
make couchDB calculate an average and keep it up to date when adding values http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35242529/make-couchdb-calculate-an-average-and-keep-it-up-to-date-when-adding-values

#No public answer:
Does Loopback sync support document-level replication? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35193161/does-loopback-sync-support-document-level-replication
Does CouchDB have limits when setting up hundreds to thousands of Replications? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35191555/does-couchdb-have-limits-when-setting-up-hundreds-to-thousands-of-replications
couchDB view: how to get an average on a document http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35241941/couchdb-view-how-to-get-an-average-on-a-document

#PouchDB use cases, questions and answers


#No public answer:
Clearing all documents older than todays date pouchdb http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35216746/clearing-all-documents-older-than-todays-date-pouchdb
call a couchDB permanent view with pouchDB http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35244917/call-a-couchdb-permanent-view-with-pouchdb
sqlite is not being used by pouchdb to store the data http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35258954/sqlite-is-not-being-used-by-pouchdb-to-store-the-data
How do I check in python if my Cloudant or couchDB connection still exists http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35253543/how-do-i-check-in-python-if-my-cloudant-or-couchdb-connection-still-exists

#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://lanyrd.com/2016/confoo/sdxwzk/

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

#Time to relax!


#...and also in the news

13 leaders aiming to increase African Americans in tech http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2016/02/08/african-american-diversity-tech-leaders-silicon-valley/76616284/

Hoodie aims to be one of open source's most diverse and inclusive communities https://opensource.com/life/16/2/hoodie-open-source-community

Underestimate your Programming Abilities https://medium.com/@fronx/in-a-commercial-context-underestimate-your-programming-abilities-ccc56c4f99eb#.wflb2km4p

https://twitter.com/HenryHoffman/status/694184106440200192

The consequences of speakers-pay tech conferences https://medium.com/@rmurphey/the-consequences-of-speakers-pay-tech-conferences-b2ca9489d7f3#.dh0rk33n7

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Jenn Turner
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