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dolthub.bsky.social
lazydolt is a terminal UI for Dolt built entirely by coding agents in an afternoon. Think lazygit but for a version-controlled SQL database.
Zach tested it. His read: "shockingly good prototype for the human time invested."
https://ow.ly/HU1t50Yv2S3
#GitForData
Terminal window showing lazydolt TUI interface with database commands and commit history for Dolt version control.
March 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
You can now push a Dolt SQL database to the same GitHub repo as your source code.

GitBlobstore implementation breakdown:
https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-02-19-supporting-git-remotes-as-dolt-remotes/

#DatabaseEngineering #GitforData
Supporting Git remotes as Dolt remotes
A deep dive into how we built the GitBlobstore, which enables using Git remotes as Dolt remotes, using Git plumbing commands, bare repositories, and force-with-lease.
www.dolthub.com
February 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
In his 2025 retrospective, Andy Pavlo called for database branching. That's why we built Dolt—Git for data! Since 2020, we've provided true version control, but now faster than MySQL on sysbench. #AI #Databases #AgenticAI #GitForData
Illustration of Andy Pavlo examining a glowing transparent cube containing a Git tree structure with multiple blue robot agents on branch nodes. A small Dolt agent stands beside the cube with a speech bubble saying "Remember us?" Text reads "Hey Andy, It's Dolt - Take a Look at Our Branches" against a database server background.
January 13, 2026 at 5:02 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
Tim Sehn’s Git for Context demo on DoltLite with GPT-5.5 shows real-time code reviews and snapshots. Query the session’s context database on DoltHub.
SQL against your agent's context. Diffs per turn. Branches for risky prompts.
https://ow.ly/v3F350Zh9uC
#GitForData #SQLite
Git For Context Deep Dive
A larger demonstration of Git for Context using our Open Code fork.
ow.ly
June 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
What do engineers do with database merge conflicts? Timothy Sehn shares 3 Dolt-native patterns. https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-05-27-conflicts-in-the-wild/ #Dolt #MergeConflicts #GitForData
Conflicts in the Wild
Dolt is the only SQL database to support branch and merge. But what happens if a merge creates conflicts? Dolt has a whole system to manage conflicts. This article explains how users manage conflicts.
www.dolthub.com
May 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
This week, we hit 20,000 GitHub stars! 🌟 Thanks for supporting the first version-controlled database. #GitForData 100,000 stars, here we come! 👉 https://github.com/dolthub/dolt https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-02-25-20k-stars/
20,000 Stars
Dolt recently passed 20,000 GitHub stars. Thank you to the GitHub community for appreciating our creation.
www.dolthub.com
February 28, 2026 at 12:20 AM
dolthub.bsky.social
Simon Späti 🏔️ from MotherDuck dropped a top Git-for-data comparison. LakeFS, Nessie, Neon, Bauplan, DuckLake, Dolt under the microscope.
Dolt Highlights? fastest PR merges (~30 min), ~20K stars, 490 open issues vs Neon's 3,040.
Read👉 https://motherduck.com/blog/git-for-data-part-2/ #GitForData
February 25, 2026 at 10:30 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
We hit 20,000 GitHub stars! 🌟 Thanks for supporting the first version-controlled database. #GitForData Next stop: 100,000 stars!
Haven't starred us yet? Now's the time 👉 https://github.com/dolthub/dolt https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-02-25-20k-stars/
20,000 Stars
Dolt recently passed 20,000 GitHub stars. Thank you to the GitHub community for appreciating our creation.
www.dolthub.com
February 25, 2026 at 9:27 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
Push, pull, and clone Dolt databases directly to Azure blob storage. No new infrastructure needed. See the full setup here 👉 https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-02-24-azure-remotes/ #AzureRemotes #DatabaseVersionControl #GitforData
February 24, 2026 at 6:16 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
Dolt's concurrency model has two layers: SQL transaction concurrency and version control via commit graph. Deep dive: https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2026-02-18-dolt-concurrency/ #DatabaseInternals #SqlEngine #GitForData
Dolt's Extra Layers of Concurrency
Dolt handles concurrency to individual branches via standard SQL transactions. Dolt also has an additional layer of concurrency management to deal with version control functionality. This article explains Dolt's concurrency layers.
www.dolthub.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
We pointed Metabase at Dolt (version-controlled MySQL) as its internal database.

Claude can create dashboards on branches. You review the PR. Merge when ready.

Every BI config change → a diffable commit.

Full setup + Claude's dashboard PR → https://ow.ly/8sxe50Y6seR

#MetabaseDolt #gitfordata
Diagram showing Metabase drafting dashboards on Dolt branches with an agent on the 'claude' branch and a URL for local access.
January 30, 2026 at 6:46 PM
dolthub.bsky.social
Your AI agents thrive because Git solved parallel coordination. Dolt = #GitforData with full rebase support. Agents resolve conflicts better than humans. Conflicts are signals to recalibrate. Full SQL conflict resolution workflow: https://ow.ly/qg0l50Y56YL Video here: https://ow.ly/bJVn50Y54sr
Graphic titled "Rebase, Everybody Rebase!" showing a blue robot agent using Dolt to transform a tangled mess of commits into a clean, linear history.
January 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
benjohnston.bsky.social
I wrote this huge guide to using Git for Data Analysis a couple of years back. Resurfacing it today as I found myself referring back to it for a couple of bits at work. Hopefully it'll be useful for you too. www.ben-johnston.co.uk/git-for-data...

#git #dataanalytics #gitforseo #gitfordata
Git For Data Analysts: The Complete Guide, R | Ben Johnston
If you're an analyst, you need to be using version control, but it can be intimidating at first. My guide to Git for data analysts will help.
www.ben-johnston.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM