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FeatureBase: Open-Source, Real-Time Database Built on Roaring Bitmaps

by clowen on 9/14/22, 11:55 AM with 12 comments

• by JAA1337 on 9/14/22, 1:09 PM

  I've seen bitmaps mentioned a number of times lately. I must admit it is not something I am all that familiar with. Can someone explain to me why bitmaps are more valuable than standard column oriented databases?

  I havn't wrapped my head around how this helps speed up queries while data is being ingested.

• by seebs on 9/14/22, 7:39 PM

  I'm super hyped about this, I've been working on this for the last couple-few years and I'm optimistic about the return to being primarily an open-source thing.

• by wentejing on 9/14/22, 1:30 PM

  Why is the bigmap database faster than other distributed database? and what's the differences?

• by elina123 on 9/14/22, 12:32 PM

  any ideas on real life Use Cases?