ZomboDB
Data
postgres search extension
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
5 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Transaction-safe index that avoids syncing an external search index.
From 2 comments
Despite being the developer, I understand where you're coming from. It's always hard to choose an open-source project and decide that you're going to base an important part of…
zombodb on HNLet me try to be a little less vague here (I guess to much time has passed to edit?). In general, we developed this for searching structured (but not necessarily relational)…
zombodb on HN
Honest about limitations and known bugs.
From 1 comment
I love that you publicly acknowledge what is and isn't done. The documentation topics you line out in this comment are super-important; it was great to see that you already…
rattray on HN
Objections
Not crash safe; Elasticsearch index is not WAL logged, requiring REINDEX after crashes.
From 1 comment
That's a good question and a point of improvement for the documentation. What I was trying to get across by saying that it's not "crash safe" is that the Elasticsearch index is…
zombodb on HN
Young project with unclear long-term support.
From 1 comment
i am wondering whether this is a good idea or not. i would like to build a search app on top of this. but worry about support going forward and think just using elastic search…
x5n1 on HN
Requests
Production usage details such as load, data size and query types.
From 1 comment
I love that you publicly acknowledge what is and isn't done. The documentation topics you line out in this comment are super-important; it was great to see that you already…
rattray on HN
Clearer documentation.
From 2 comments
ZomboDB developer here. I don't frequent HN so please forgive any missteps... Just wanted to say that while the code has proven itself production worthy, I'm still re-writing…
zombodb on HNI love that you publicly acknowledge what is and isn't done. The documentation topics you line out in this comment are super-important; it was great to see that you already…
rattray on HN
Questions
What does not being crash safe mean in practice?
From 1 comment
Quick question, what does not being crash safe mean in practice? Will I have to recreate all indexes in pg and this will trigger a restart of Elastic and recreation of all…
strictfp on HN
What is the business model and progress to date?
From 1 comment
You mentioned elsewhere this is going to be your fulltime occupation. May I ask what the business model is, and the progress to-date?
rattray on HN
Alternatives named
Plain Elasticsearch with asynchronous sync.
From 2 comments
i am wondering whether this is a good idea or not. i would like to build a search app on top of this. but worry about support going forward and think just using elastic search…
x5n1 on HNDespite being the developer, I understand where you're coming from. It's always hard to choose an open-source project and decide that you're going to base an important part of…
zombodb on HN