--- title: Blog | QuasarDB | user --- [![Quasar](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/logo-1.svg?t=1538728673587)](https://quasardb.net/) - [What is Quasar?](https://quasar.ai/what-is-quasar/) - [Deployment & Pricing](https://quasar.ai/deployment-pricing/) - [Blog & News](https://quasar.ai/blog-news/) - Company - [About us](https://quasar.ai/about/) - [Contact us](https://quasar.ai/contact/) - [Support & Services](https://quasar.ai/support-services/) - [Documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/master/) # Blog ## user ### Recent Posts [![vault_small-2](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/vault_small-2.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) ## [Secure by default](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 18 Jul 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The security debacle. As a database user or administrator, you may have learnt that [MongoDB recently took a very serious hit](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/09/mongodb/). A hit of [over 28,000](https://snyk.io/blog/mongodb-hack-and-secure-defaults/) hacked installs. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/07/18/secure-by-default) Tags: [Security](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/security), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![aaron-barnaby-142800](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/aaron-barnaby-142800.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/04/10/time-series-in-quasardb) ## [Time series in quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/04/10/time-series-in-quasardb) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 10 Apr 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) At first an interrogation - At the beginning, there was a question. Why are we waiting for machines to give us an answer? Why aren't we able to analyze everything in real time? [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/04/10/time-series-in-quasardb) Tags: [analytics](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/analytics), [big data](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/big-data), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [time series](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/time-series), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![machine](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/machine.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/03/05/cpp-braced-initialization) ## [C++ Braced Initialization](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/03/05/cpp-braced-initialization) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 05 Mar 2017 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Since C++ 11 it's possible to use braces for construction and initialization. Although this is something you could ignore for the code you write, it's obviously important to know for the code you may read. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2017/03/05/cpp-braced-initialization) Tags: [cpp](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/cpp), [braces](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/braces), [initialization](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/initialization), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![noexcept-1](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/noexcept-1.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/12/12/when-noexcept-2) ## [When noexcept?](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/12/12/when-noexcept-2) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 12 Dec 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) In a previous post, we had a look at the new [constexpr](https://blog.quasardb.net/demystifying-constexpr/) keyword that has been introduced in C++ 11. Today we'll study another new fancy specifier: [noexcept](http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/noexcept_spec). [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/12/12/when-noexcept-2) Tags: [cpp](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/cpp), [noexcept](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/noexcept), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![FullSizeRender](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/FullSizeRender.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/11/22/demystifying-constexpr) ## [Demystifying constexpr](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/11/22/demystifying-constexpr) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 22 Nov 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) C++ 11 and C++ 14 came with a lot of new features. People tend to focus on lambdas and [rvalue references](http://thbecker.net/articles/rvalue_references/section_01.html), but today I’d like to talk about `constexpr`. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/11/22/demystifying-constexpr) Tags: [c++](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/c), [constexpr](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/constexpr), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![books-1281581_640](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/books-1281581_640.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/09/20/source-code-comments) ## [Source code comments](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/09/20/source-code-comments) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 20 Sep 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The topic of [commenting source code has been discussed over](https://blog.codinghorror.com/code-tells-you-how-comments-tell-you-why/) and over. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/09/20/source-code-comments) Tags: [cpp](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/cpp), [c++](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/c), [commenting](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/commenting), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![InstagramCapture_6d1fbf68-9a3b-4a5b-8b0d-2e860b8031e8](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/InstagramCapture_6d1fbf68-9a3b-4a5b-8b0d-2e860b8031e8.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/07/04/forward-and-backward-compatibility-in-quasardb) ## [Forward and backward compatibility in quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/07/04/forward-and-backward-compatibility-in-quasardb) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 04 Jul 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I think the number one request from all our existing customers is to have as much as backward compatibility as possible with [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/www.quasardb.net). [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/07/04/forward-and-backward-compatibility-in-quasardb) Tags: [compatibility](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/compatibility), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![SR71](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock_000001021321_Small-1-2.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/05/04/right-to-data) ## [Right to data](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/05/04/right-to-data) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 04 May 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Computers have been invented to compute large amounts of data at very high speed, relative to the human brain speed. In a sense, computers have always been about *"big data"*. Although *"big data"* is probably more a marketing term than a technical one, we must acknowledge that we are at a threshold where data mining can be done on such amounts that new approaches are emerging. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/05/04/right-to-data) Tags: [activepivot](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/activepivot), [big memory](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/big-memory), [hadoop](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/hadoop), [nosql](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/nosql), [quartetfs](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quartetfs), [quasardb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/quasardb), [spark](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/spark), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![wood-hut-items-things](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/wood-hut-items-things.jpg)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/01/22/cpp-complexity) ## [C++ complexity: it's a feature](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/01/22/cpp-complexity) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 22 Jan 2016 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) One of the constant reproaches we can hear about C++ is that it is too complex, too *hard*, too *unsafe* and has too many features, really these r-value references are useless and dangerous and why would you need variadic templates anyway, and "lol" you are still managing memory manually in 2016. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2016/01/22/cpp-complexity) Tags: [cpp](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/cpp), [programming](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/programming), [rant](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/rant), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized) [![debugging](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/debugging.png)](https://blog.quasar.ai/2015/12/01/debugging-in-gdb-from-visual-studio) ## [Debugging in GDB from Visual Studio](https://blog.quasar.ai/2015/12/01/debugging-in-gdb-from-visual-studio) Posted by [user](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user) on 01 Dec 2015 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) I wanted to share some tips and tricks for those of you who use a recently released [Visual Studio GDB Debugger](https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/35dbae07-8c1a-4f9d-94b7-bac16cad9c01) extension. You may want to read [the announcing blog post](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2015/11/18/announcing-the-vs-gdb-debugger-extension.aspx) as well. [Read More](https://blog.quasar.ai/2015/12/01/debugging-in-gdb-from-visual-studio) Tags: [debugging](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/debugging), [gdb](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/gdb), [Uncategorized](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/uncategorized), [visual studio](https://blog.quasar.ai/tag/visual-studio) [All posts](https://blog.quasar.ai/all) [Next](https://blog.quasar.ai/author/user/page/2) - [![QuasarDB](https://blog.quasar.ai/hubfs/logo-1.svg?t=1539155681377)](https://quasardb.net/) - [What is Quasar?](https://quasar.ai/what-is-quasar/) - [Deployment & Pricing](https://quasar.ai/deployment-pricing/) - [Blog & News](https://quasar.ai/blog-news/) - [Support & Services](https://quasar.ai/support-services/) - [Documentation](https://doc.quasardb.net/master/) - [About Us](https://quasar.ai/about/) - [Contact us](https://quasar.ai/contact/) - - - - © Copyright 2026 QuasarDB. 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