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Rick Spencer

Rick is formerly the VP of Products at InfluxData. Over the course of his career, Rick’s experience includes pioneering work on Developer Usability, leading popular Open Source projects, and packaging, delivering and maintaining cloud software.

Write a Database in 50 Lines of Code

Writing your own database Writing a database isn’t something that most people set out...

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Nov 08, 2023

How We Did It: Data Ingest and Compression Gains in InfluxDB 3.0

A few weeks ago, we published some benchmarking that showed performance gains in InfluxDB...

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Oct 04, 2023

Announcing InfluxDB Clustered: InfluxDB 3 for Self-Managed Environments

Today, we’re excited to announce InfluxDB Clustered, our latest product developed on the InfluxDB...

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Sep 06, 2023

Save 96% on Data Storage Costs

Painful tradeoffs between utility and costs Users with real-time and other analytic workloads want...

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Jul 05, 2023

Introducing InfluxDB 3.0: Available Today in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated

It’s been literally years now that I have been first tangentially, and then intimately...

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Apr 26, 2023

Why InfluxDB Cloud, Powered by IOx is a Big Deal to Me

From time to time throughout my career, I have been involved in projects with...

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Mar 10, 2023

More Capabilities, Less Code: Announcing Platform New Features at InfluxDays 2022

The InfluxDB platform has evolved a lot over the past decade. But with every...

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Nov 02, 2022

Building an IoT App with InfluxDB Cloud, Python and Flask (Part 3)

Last year I started an IoT project, Plant Buddy. This project entailed soldering some...

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Jul 02, 2021

How to Consolidate OSS Data into a Cloud Account

In this post, we will describe a simple way to share data from multiple...

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May 24, 2021

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Rick Spencer

Write a Database in 50 Lines of Code

How We Did It: Data Ingest and Compression Gains in InfluxDB 3.0

Announcing InfluxDB Clustered: InfluxDB 3 for Self-Managed Environments

Save 96% on Data Storage Costs

Introducing InfluxDB 3.0: Available Today in InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated

Why InfluxDB Cloud, Powered by IOx is a Big Deal to Me

More Capabilities, Less Code: Announcing Platform New Features at InfluxDays 2022

Building an IoT App with InfluxDB Cloud, Python and Flask (Part 3)

How to Consolidate OSS Data into a Cloud Account

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InfluxDB 3 Core & Enterprise GA: The Next Generation Time Series Platform for Developers is Here

Data Lakes and Warehouses

InfluxDB for Industrial IoT:
A Live Demonstration

Time Series Databases Explained

Network Monitoring

Time Series Data Analysis: Definitions and Best Techniques in 2025

Product & Solutions

Developers

Company

InfluxDB Blog

Rick Spencer

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InfluxDB 3 Core & Enterprise GA: The Next Generation Time Series Platform for Developers is Here

Data Lakes and Warehouses

InfluxDB for Industrial IoT: A Live Demonstration

Time Series Databases Explained

Network Monitoring

Time Series Data Analysis: Definitions and Best Techniques in 2025

Product & Solutions

Developers

Company

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