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Paul Dix

Paul Dix

Paul is the creator of InfluxDB. He has helped build software for startups, large companies and organizations like Microsoft, Google, McAfee, Thomson Reuters, and Air Force Space Command. He is the series editor for Addison Wesley s Data & Analytics book and video series. In 2010 Paul wrote the book Service Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails for Addison Wesley s. In 2009 he started the NYC Machine Learning Meetup, which now has over 7,000 members. Paul holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.

InfluxDB v0.9.0 release update 2

By Paul Dix / May 19, 2015 / InfluxDB

Here’s the latest update on our path to InfluxDB 0.9.0. Since the last release update 18 days ago, we’ve merged 44 PRs to add features or close out bugs. Most notable on the feature side of things are non_negative_derivative, derivative. and distinct,...

InfluxDB v0.9.0 release update

By Paul Dix / May 01, 2015 / InfluxDB

This is an update to the v0.9.0 release plan I posted a month ago. The short answer is: it’s not released or ready yet, but we’re making great progress. We would rather disappoint you on a release date than disappoint you...

InfluxDB v0.9.0 Release Plan

By Paul Dix / Apr 01, 2015 / InfluxDB

Happy April 1st everyone! As you can see, March has come and gone and we haven’t yet released the official version of 0.9.0 of InfluxDB. Let’s call this our elaborate April fool’s joke. Seriously though, we’re very hard at work on...

One year of InfluxDB and the road to 1.0

By Paul Dix / Sep 26, 2014 / InfluxDB

I’m sitting in a Starbucks in Tokyo as I write this. I’m here because Shuhei Tanuma, a developer at GREE, has invited me to give a talk about our experiences developing InfluxDB in Golang at a GREE tech event. Shuhei is...

InfluxDB v0.5.0 ready for production

By Paul Dix / Mar 24, 2014 / InfluxDB

InfluxDB version 0.5.0 has been released and is ready for production! Well, ready for production depending on your comfort level. There are still issues and features we want to address. However, there are no known bugs that cause a crash or...

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