Apache Druid is a high performance, distributed OLAP database that also has characteristics of a timeseries database. One feature that sets Druid apart from its competitors is the ability to use multi-value dimensions. The documentation on this feature seems to be a bit terse though, so I am going to start a loose series of posts to shed some light on questions such as:

Imply Pivot has the built in capability to send scheduled email reports on a regular basis. However, a few things need to be configured correctly in order to make this work. Here is a comprehensive list of the required settings.

Druid’s native query language supports five distinct query types. Each of these query types requires that certain attributes be set in the query JSON object.

Financial transactions present a whole lot of interesting technology use cases.

It all started with the virtual chroma screen function of Zoom, which does not work on older laptops that do not have a beefy CPU. So, one day on Hacker News, I found an article by Ben Elder that describes how to set up your own virtual webcam on Linux.