How we made an API for BoingBoing in an evening with FluidDB

Oh hey -- if this works well, perhaps we can grab that Hacker News XML dump and put it into FluidDB? Then we can find out exactly how often jacquesm plugs ww.com and maxklein posts about his vaporware apps business's ;-)

(Only partially kidding)

I'd be up for getting that sorted. Where is this XML dump of which you speak..? ;-)

Seriously, we're interested in importing datasets that people would find enjoy hacking around with. I know I would enjoy exploring/linking/annotating a Hacker News dump.

If you get this imported, I say we make something to better classify and organise the data at the next London Python Dojo!

Heh... :-)

Hey, I'm the author of the linked post. More than happy to answer questions...

"FluidDB is an openly writable shared database." The flexibility, REST and query language look cool.

Can I install FluidDB for myself and use it for projects? Or is it more meant to be a centralized db of stuff that you guys run?

It's meant to be the latter (centralized) but there is nothing to stop you from using it in your own projects. :-)

ntoll is a legend. just wrote himself into the boingboing history books :-)