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Time-Series Analytics for PostgreSQL: Introducing the Timescale Analytics Project

We're excited to announce Timescale Analytics, a new project focused on combining all of the capabilities SQL needs to perform time-series analytics into one Postgres extension. Learn about our plans, why we're sharing it now, and ways to contribute your feedback and ideas.

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: December 2020 Edition

Explore exciting Timescale Forge feature drops (TimescaleDB 2.0, DIY multi-node & more 🔥), awesome resources from community members, and tools, tips, and advice for doing more with your time-series data.

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12 things you need to know about time-series data

From PostgreSQL pro tips and example projects to critical features and database evaluation criteria, we’ve rounded up an all-in-one guide of tips and recommended resources to help you do more with your time-series data 🎉

Product & Engineering

How to store time-series data in MongoDB, and why that’s a bad idea

260% higher insert performance, up to 54x faster queries, and simpler implementation when using TimescaleDB vs. MongoDB for time-series data.

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: November Edition

Get a breakdown of what's new from Team Timescale, from the much-anticipated TimescaleDB 2.0 release to tips and tools for wrangling time-series data, speeding up database performance, and beyond 🚀.

Announcements & Releases

TimescaleDB vs. Amazon Timestream: 6000x higher inserts, 5-175x faster queries, 150x-220x cheaper

Our benchmark results surprised even us - but even after testing with several configurations, we found Amazon Timestream slow, expensive, and missing key database capabilities like backups, restores, updates, and deletes.

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What the heck is time-series data (and why do I need a time-series database)?

This article is a primer on time-series data and why you may not want to use a “normal” database to store it. ✅ Get the basics, key database considerations, and more.

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: October Edition

Get a cornucopia of resources to help you do more with your time-series data - with a special focus on all things open source ✨.

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TimescaleDB 2.0: A multi-node, petabyte-scale, completely free relational database for time-series

After two years of dedicated engineering and user feedback, TimescaleDB 2.0 is finally here, setting a new bar for time-series databases – and it’s completely free.

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Promscale: An analytical platform and long-term store for Prometheus, with the combined power of SQL and PromQL

We just announced Promscale: a new open-source analytical platform & long-term store for Prometheus, with the combined power of SQL and PromQL. Learn why we built it, how it works, and how to get started right away.

Dev Q&A

How FlightAware fuels flight prediction models for global travelers with TimescaleDB and Grafana

Learn how FlightAware architected a monitoring system - combining TimescaleDB, Grafana, and Docker - that allows them to power real-time flight predictions, analyze prediction performance, and continuously improve their models.

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: September 2020 Edition

See what's new from Team Timescale, including big news about our Timescale License - updated to give more rights to our users, enterprise features 100% free, and more! - TimescaleDB 2.0 beta releases, new technical content, and PostgreSQL pro tips 🚀.

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How we are building a self-sustaining open-source business in the cloud era (version 2)

We're excited to announce an update to the Timescale License that provides expanded rights to our users. Learn how (and why) we're making all of our features 100% free and investing in our community – while still building a sustainable open-source business.

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Top 5 PostgreSQL Extensions

At Timescale, we’re big fans of PostgreSQL. We asked our team and community to recommend their favorite PostgreSQL extensions. Here’s what they said...

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: August Edition

Get a digest of what's new from Team Timescale, including 3 (!) exciting product updates, community member shoutouts, and tons of how-to content to help you on your journey to PostgreSQL and time-series mastery 🎉

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A multi-cloud, fully-managed service for time-series data, now available in AWS, Azure, and GCP with 75+ regions and 2,000 configurations

Timescale Cloud, the leading cloud service for time-series data, is now even more powerful, offering the most cloud provider and region support, best performance, scale, and developer experience of any managed service for time-series data.

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Speed up Grafana by auto-switching between different aggregations, using PostgreSQL

Learn how (and why) to use PostgreSQL and TimescaleDB to speed up your Grafana drill downs: step-by-step guide to enable "auto-switching" between aggregations, depending on the time interval.

Dev Q&A

How I power a (successful) crypto trading bot with TimescaleDB

Learn how Felipe Queis uses TimescaleDB to power his crypto trading bot – and how his side project influenced his team’s decision to adopt TimescaleDB for their work *and* resulted in several successful crypto trades.

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How to visualize timeshifts to compare metrics over time in Grafana using PostgreSQL

Learn how (and why) to combine PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, and Grafana to visualize timeshifts and compare how your time-series metrics change over time.

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: July Edition

Get a quick breakdown of all the latest product updates, technical content, #webinarwednesday sessions, and TimescaleDB tips to help you take your time-series data skills to the next level 🔥.

Product & Engineering

TimescaleDB vs. InfluxDB: Purpose built differently for time-series data

An in-depth look into how two leading time-series databases stack up in terms of data model, query language, reliability, performance, ecosystem, operational management, and company/community support.

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[Recap, Resources & More] DataPub #4 Cataloging the World: Medicine, Tweets, and Beyond

Learn how our community guest speakers catalog the thousands of pharmaceutical drugs on the market and the never-ending stream of Twitter data – and how to start exploring these datasets for your projects.

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How WsprDaemon combines TimescaleDB and Grafana to measure and analyze radio transmissions

The creators of WsprDaemon share how they combine TimescaleDB & Grafana to allow amateur radio enthusiasts to analyze radio transmission data and understand trends - be it their own personal noise levels or much larger space weather patterns.

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9 Reasons to Choose Timescale vs. Influx and AWS Timestream

Why should you choose TimescaleDB over InfluxDB or AWS Timestream as your time-series database of choice? Let us count the ways (9 to be exact).

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Timescale Newsletter Roundup: June Edition

Check out the latest and greatest from Team Timescale in June, including more ways to up-level your Grafana prowess, 3 new product releases, replays from our all things open data community meetup, TimescaleDB tips, and oh so much more.