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Michael Nitschinger works as a Principal Software Engineer at Couchbase. He is the architect and maintainer of the Couchbase Java SDK, one of the first completely reactive database drivers on the JVM. He also authored and maintains the Couchbase Spark Connector. Michael is active in the open source community, a contributor to various other projects like RxJava and Netty.

Introducing the Couchbase Java SDK 3.0 Alpha
Introducing the Couchbase Java SDK 3.0 Alpha

This post highlights in two sections: One discusses the reworked API (across all SDKs), the other covers Java SDK specific enhancements.

Inside the Java SDK: Connection Management
Inside the Java SDK: Connection Management

In this second instalment of “Inside the Java SDK” we are going to take an in-depth look at how the SDK manages and pools sockets to the various nodes and services. While not ultimately necessary to follow, I recommend you...

Inside the Java SDK: Bootstrap
Inside the Java SDK: Bootstrap

From time to time we get questions on topics that do not directly fit into the documentation since they dig deeper into the internals of the client libraries. In this series we’ll cover different themes of interest – in this...

Response Time Observability with the Java SDK
Response Time Observability with the Java SDK

Learn how RTO works with the Java SDK. We can have a deeper insight into what and why something is not working/performing as expected.

Couchbase Spark Connector 2.0.0 Released
Couchbase Spark Connector 2.0.0 Released

On behalf of the SDK team I’m happy to announce the release of the second major version of the Couchbase Spark Connector which most importantly brings compatibility with the Apache Spark 2.0.x series. A special thanks goes to community contributors...

Couchbase Spark Connector 1.0.0 Released
Couchbase Spark Connector 1.0.0 Released

Spark Connector 1.0.0 Released After two developer previews and one beta I’m super happy to announce the first stable release of our Couchbase Spark Connector. The timing is no coincidence, since next week Spark Summit Europe 2015 is happening in...

All The Small Things – JVM Profiling Lessons From The Trenches
All The Small Things – JVM Profiling Lessons From The Trenches

Reduce object allocations and making code faster as a side effect by using tools like JMH and JFR for educated measurements instead of wild guessing.

The Couchbase Java SDK 2.1.0 arrived!
The Couchbase Java SDK 2.1.0 arrived!

On behalf of the whole team I’m happy to report that we’ve finally released the 2.1.0 version of the Couchbase Java SDK. Compared to the 2.0 branch it brings lots of new features as well as a myriad of smaller...

Introducing the Couchbase Spark Connector
Introducing the Couchbase Spark Connector

On behalf of the whole team, I’m incredibly proud to announce that we’ve just released the first developer preview of our brand new Couchbase Spark Connector. It allows you to move data in and out of Couchbase directly using Spark...

Couchbase Spark Connector 1.0 Beta Release
Couchbase Spark Connector 1.0 Beta Release

More or less exactly two months after the second developer preview, I'm delighted to announce that we've shipped the first (and hopefully only) beta release of the Couchbase Spark Connector. It is a major step forward, bringing Spark 1.4 support...

Java SDK 2.2.0 Developer Preview Refresh
Java SDK 2.2.0 Developer Preview Refresh

Note from March 2017: detailed information on the event bus and metrics collection can be found in the official documentation. Some information in this article may be outdated. While europe was melting away in the summer heat, Simon (from Paris),...

Couchbase Spark Connector – Developer Preview Refresh
Couchbase Spark Connector – Developer Preview Refresh

It’s been a while since we’ve introduced the first developer preview of our brand new Couchbase Spark Connector. So we thought it’s time for another release, providing enhancements and a handful of new features. In particular: Native Support for Spark...