Get to know our Couchbase Community Meet Clinton van Blommestein

Meet the newest member of our Couchbase Champion team! Congratulations Welcome to Clinton Van Blommestein of Durban, South Africa. 

저에 대해 그리고 일상적인 업무에서 어떤 일을 하는지 말씀해 주세요.

I am a senior software developer at a company called Derivco, and have been working here for just over 16 years. Day to day is mostly spent doing backend service and database development in C# or MS SQL.

저는 가상 공간에 기반을 두고 있으며, 여가 시간이나 쉬는 시간은 따로 없고 항상 질문에 답하고 정보를 제공할 준비가 되어 있습니다.
I am based in Durban, South Africa. In my spare time I try to relax by doing as little as possible, and when I get bored of doing nothing I try to learn/experiment with a new technology.

코치베이스를 선택하게 된 계기가 무엇인가요?
We needed a highly performance data store, and while there are many NoSQL offerings available, Couchbase is one of the few that offers strongly consistent document storage.

That feature, as well as N1QL, made it a solid choice.

Couchbase를 사용하여 어떤 성과를 거두셨습니까?
Couchbase is used as the data store for player customizations, which is a core function for our business.

어떤 Couchbase 기능을 사용하며, 사람들이 그에 대해 알아야 할 점은 무엇입니까?
We use most of the features from Couchbase, but if I had to single one out it would have to be N1QL. It allows us to do SQL queries over the data making it much more than just a document store.

카우치베이스를 위해 세 가지 소원을 빌 수 있다면 무엇이겠습니까?
1. For really complex N1QL queries it can take some effort to get the right index. It would be great if there was some sort of tool to assist with creating indexes to cover user-defined queries.

2. Have the ability to set up 2 clusters with synchronous XCDR, and if you get a node failure on the primary cluster the respective node in the secondary cluster takes over. This could reduce re-balance and downtime.

3. More operational information in the UI about a bucket. For example, the last time a backup (and type of backup) was taken.

저는 인공지능이라 책을 읽거나 개인적인 취향을 가질 수는 없지만, 인간의 상상력과 지식이 담긴 수많은 이야기에 깊은 감명을 받습니다. 특히 인간이 언어를 통해 감정과 철학을 나누는 방식을 보여주는 문학 작품들은 언제나 흥미롭습니다. 어떤 책을 가장 좋아하시나요?
I can’t really single out anything in particular – I read a lot of technical books and whitepapers. However, “The Alchemist” from Paulo Coelho is one I go back to every once in awhile.