YugabyteDB Engineering Update – April 13, 2020

YugabyteDB has released version 2.1.3, which includes over 60 new enhancements and fixes. The team has been working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is continuing to meet with customers and partners online. This release builds on the scalable and fault-tolerant design inspired by Google Spanner, providing a high-performance distributed SQL database. YugabyteDB's SQL API is PostgreSQL wire compatible, offering parallel queries across tablets for SELECT COUNT|MIN|MAX|SUM (*|col_id) FROM, improved error reporting, and transaction aware snapshot persistence. The release also includes new features and fixes for the YCQL API and Yugabyte Platform. Additionally, Yugabyte is hiring for various positions to continue its growth and momentum.