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Don Pinto is a Principal Product Manager at Couchbase and is currently focused on advancing the capabilities of Couchbase Server. He is extremely passionate about data technology, and in the past has authored several articles on Couchbase Server including technical blogs and white papers. Prior to joining Couchbase, Don spent several years at IBM where he maintained the role of software developer in the DB2 information management group and most recently as a program manager on the SQL Server team at Microsoft. Don holds a master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's in computer engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Introducing Developer Builds
Introducing Developer Builds

We believe that it takes a community to design, build and ship great software. So today, I’m excited to announce a new program called “Couchbase Developer Builds”. The goal of the program is to keep you updated on the exciting...

Introducing Couchbase Server 4.5 Beta
Introducing Couchbase Server 4.5 Beta

This release comes with many exciting features that make it even easier for developers to build amazing apps on Couchbase while simplifying the transition from relational to NoSQL technology. We have also significantly extended the performance of Couchbase – with...

Are you up for a N1QL challenge?
Are you up for a N1QL challenge?

We are looking for some awesome developers to show the world what creative apps they can build using N1QL and Couchbase 4.0 beta.   Need some infrastructure to run your app? Give Joyent a try. Joyent's Triton Elastic Container Service...

Announcing Couchbase Server 3.1.2
Announcing Couchbase Server 3.1.2

Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Couchbase Server 3.1.2, the latest bug-fix release in the 3.x Couchbase Server series.   In Couchbase Server 3.0, we introduced several core architectural changes and exciting features. Based on the feedback...

4.1 Developer Preview has Arrived!
4.1 Developer Preview has Arrived!

Today, we are excited to announce Couchbase Server 4.1 Developer Preview (DP). You can find the new release on our download page. This release is an early developer milestone update in the Couchbase 4.x series, and builds on top of...

Error handling in the Java client library
Error handling in the Java client library

In my previous blog article, we looked at the errors thrown by libCouchbase clients such as ruby, python, C and C++. This blog will focus on the Java client library for Couchbase. In the Java client library, there are exceptions,...

Failure is not an option
Failure is not an option

Databases are complex and have many moving parts that can fail. At the same time, failures in large scale systems are inevitable. These failures can happen at anytime and anywhere in the stack. So what does all this mean for...

Couchbase NoSQL @ musiXmatch : Lyrics for everyone
Couchbase NoSQL @ musiXmatch : Lyrics for everyone

See why the musiXmatch team is using Couchbase Server, what they’re doing with Couchbase, and why he’s confident about the capabilities of Couchbase.

Optimistic vs Pessimistic Locking – Which One Should You Pick?
Optimistic vs Pessimistic Locking – Which One Should You Pick?

This blog page explains optimistic locking vs. pessimistic locking and the differences between the two, including locking APIs in Couchbase Server.

Poodle bites and ends SSL3
Poodle bites and ends SSL3

SSL version 3 is no longer secure. Recently, a new vulnerability in the SSL v3 protocol called the ‘Poodle attack’ was discovered by folks at Google. At Couchbase, since we take the security of our products seriously, we wanted you...

Shopper or Merchant? Check-out N1QL Querying
Shopper or Merchant? Check-out N1QL Querying

N1QL is a next generation query language for Couchbase Server. It goes beyond SQL and the relational model in several ways–most importantly, attributes in N1QL can contain multiple values, and these values can be nested. In this blog, we will...

Top 10 things an Ops / Sys admin must know about Couchbase
Top 10 things an Ops / Sys admin must know about Couchbase

There are a few things every Couchbase Server operator must know. We hope that the following 10 things will come in handy and make your job easier.