Getting cube.dev quickstart to work with StarRocks
What is Cube.dev
Cube Dev is a software company that provides a semantic layer for data access. A semantic layer is a middleware that sits between your data sources and your data applications. It provides a consistent and unified view of your data, regardless of where it is stored or how it is structured.
Cube Dev’s semantic layer is API-first and four-part. It consists of:
- Data modeling: Cube Dev provides a declarative data modeling language that allows you to define your data model in a simple and concise way.
- Security: Cube Dev provides role-based access control and row-level security to protect your data.
- Performance: Cube Dev optimizes performance by pre-aggregating your data and using distributed caching.
- Scalability: Cube Dev is designed to scale to meet the needs of the largest organizations.
Cube Dev is used by thousands of companies around the world to power customer-facing analytics and internal business intelligence tools. Some of Cube Dev’s customers include Airbnb, Netflix, and Spotify.
What is StarRocks?
StarRocks is a next-generation, massively parallel processing (MPP) database designed to make real-time analytics easy for enterprises. It is built to power sub-second queries at scale, even on complex workloads involving multi-table joins. StarRocks is a new-generation MPP OLAP database for full analytics scenarios, including multi-dimensional analytics, real-time analytics, and ad-hoc queries.
Think of it as an open source version of Snowflake, RedShift or Big Query.
Why would you use cube.dev and StarRocks together?
There are a number of reasons why you might want to use Cube Dev and StarRocks together. Here are a few:
- Security: Cube Dev provides role-based access control and row-level security to protect your StarRocks data.
- Usability: Cube Dev provides a declarative data modeling language and a REST API that makes it easier to use StarRocks.
Here are some specific examples of how you could use Cube Dev and StarRocks together:
- Build a real-time analytics dashboard: You could use Cube Dev to create a real-time analytics dashboard that is powered by StarRocks. This would allow you to monitor your key business metrics in real time and get insights from your data as soon as it is generated.
- Power a customer-facing analytics application: You could use Cube Dev to power a customer-facing analytics application that is powered by StarRocks. This would allow your customers to get insights from their data without having to write any SQL queries.
- Build a data warehouse: You could use Cube Dev to build a data warehouse that is powered by StarRocks. This would allow you to store and analyze large amounts of data in a scalable and reliable way.
Overall, Cube Dev and StarRocks are a good combination for businesses that need a high-performance, scalable, and secure data platform.
Here is a tutorial on how to get StarRocks working with the cube.dev quickstart — https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks/discussions/33096
