AliSQL: Alibaba's open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines

kept by eddie feb 04

Alibaba open-sourced AliSQL, a MySQL fork embedding DuckDB for columnar analytics and native HNSW vector search, claiming 200x faster analytical queries.

Visualize MySQL query execution plans as interactive FlameGraphs
Myflames converts MySQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE JSON into interactive flamegraph SVGs and a compact text digest that reduces LLM input tokens by 75% for query diagnosis.
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LLMs and your career
Software developers who understand fundamentals like databases and operating systems will remain competitive as LLMs automate routine coding.
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GitHub - alibaba/open-code-review: Fast, efficient, battle-tested at Alibaba's scale. Hybrid architecture code review tool: deterministic pipelines + LLM Agent, precise line-level comments, built-in multi-language ruleset (NPE, thread-safety, XSS, SQL injection), OpenAI & Anthropic compatible.
OpenCodeReview is Alibaba’s open-source CLI tool that combines deterministic pipelines with an LLM agent for precise, line‑level code reviews, supporting multiple languages and low token usage.
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Smaller models are the future of AI sovereignty
AI sovereignty means retaining the ability to choose, govern, replace, and walk away from AI systems, achievable through smaller, controllable models rather than relying solely on proprietary frontier models.
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The Grammar of Data: From Definition to Execution – Xorq
The article shows how xorq’s grammar of data lets you define a data pipeline once and execute it on DuckDB, DataFusion, or Snowflake without changes.
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