Newsletter
Timescale Newsletter Roundup: May Edition
From big news (multi-node TimescaleDB will be available for free!) to tons of new tutorials, demos, and remote-bonding tips, May was chockfull of time-series data and technical resource goodness 🥳. Check out this post for the Reader's Digest version.
Announcements & Releases
A multi-node, elastic, petabyte scale, time-series database on Postgres for free (and more ways we are investing in our community)
We’re officially making multi-node TimescaleDB, a petabyte-scale distributed time-series database on PostgreSQL available for free – and investing in our community in other ways as well.
Dev Q&A
How clevabit builds a data pipeline to turn agricultural IoT data into insights for farmers everywhere
Christoph Engelbert, clevabit co-founder, joins us to share the work they’re doing to power sustainable and transparent farming and how they’re giving farmers, mills, and consumers the metrics they need to make decisions.
![[New Webinar] Grafana 101 Part II: Getting Started with Alerts](http://3.88.198.173/content/images/2020/05/Grafana_Promo_Header.png)
Product & Engineering
Achieving the best-of-both worlds: Ensuring up-to-date results with Real-Time Aggregation
Real-time aggregates (released with TimescaleDB 1.7) build on continuous aggregates' ability to increase query speed and optimize storage. Learn what's new, details about how they work, and how to get started.
General
How We’re Building a Remote-First Team Culture (aka virtual event ideas that you’re welcome to steal)
As an engineering-centric organization that’s been 60%+ remote for most of our history, we’re creative with the ways we stay connected – and, with COVID-19 making us and all teams 100% remote, we’re sharing how we’ve created camaraderie to help you do the same.
![[Recap, Resources & More] DataPub #2 OpenLitterMap, energy conservation & making the world a better place](http://3.88.198.173/content/images/2020/05/brian-yurasits-43upsZNmy9Q-unsplash.jpg)
Events & Recaps
[Recap, Resources & More] DataPub #2 OpenLitterMap, energy conservation & making the world a better place
We recently launched DataPub, our new virtual meetup focused on connecting like-minded open data enthusiasts from around the world – and just wrapped up our second event. This month’s theme: using open datasets to make the world a better place.
Announcements & Releases
TimescaleDB 1.7: fast continuous aggregates with real-time views, PostgreSQL 12 support, and more Community features
We're excited to announce TimescaleDB 1.7, which includes two major updates: PostgreSQL 12 support and Real-time Aggregates, as well as new capabilities in our Community edition 🥳! Get a quick look at what's new and how to get started.
Announcements & Releases
Introducing Write for Timescale
We know many developers and members of our community are passionate about using data to build applications, gain insight into their world, and make better decisions. With "Write for Timescale," we want to give you the opportunity to share that passion with others (and get paid for your efforts).
![[New Webinar]: Guide to Grafana 101: Getting Started with (awesome) Visualizations](http://3.88.198.173/content/images/2020/04/Grafana101WebinarImage.png)
Grafana
[New Webinar]: Guide to Grafana 101: Getting Started with (awesome) Visualizations
Learn how to use SQL to create Grafana charts, gauges, and beyond for any time-series dataset (plus expert tips to jumpstart your first dashboard, or add a little extra awesome to your existing Grafana setup).
![[Recap, Resources & More] DataPub #1: a virtual meetup for public data enthusiasts](http://3.88.198.173/content/images/2020/04/Image-from-iOS--2-.jpg)
Events & Recaps
[Recap, Resources & More] DataPub #1: a virtual meetup for public data enthusiasts
Our guest speakers covered everything from wrangling public data to understand COVID-19 and ways to better handle and analyze satellite and geospatial data to how to write faster queries (so you have more time to play Animal Crossing).
Product & Engineering
Homegrown monitoring for personal projects: Prometheus, TimescaleDB, and Grafana FTW
Learn how Tyler - one of our newest additions to the team - setup a "roll-your-own monitoring" solution with 10x storage savings – and how you can do the same, be it for your personal projects or a critical piece of business infrastructure.