GizmoEdge – Distributed IoT SQL Engine

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Hi, I'm Philip Moore - the founder of GizmoData, and creator of GizmoEdge - a Distributed SQL Engine powered by Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. GizmoEdge is a prototype application - that allows you to run SQL queries that get distributed to many devices - including: Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Kubernetes Pods, Raspberry Pis, and more. I've built a front-end application from which you can issue distributed SQL queries - here: https://gizmoedge.gizmodata.com If you have an Apple device - you can install the GizmoEdge Worker app to have it "join the collective" - here is the App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gizmoedge/id6738658135 Once you install the app, you just connect it up to the running GizmoEdge server - and it will download a shard of TPC-H data at the 1GB foot-print (it is actually smaller, b/c it is compressed parquet - in a ZStandard-compressed tarball). The app will then create a DuckDB database from the parquet datasets that are on your device. Right now - queries will only run on your device if the app is open and in the foreground. To connect your device to the server - click the little blue "server" icon just to the right of the GizmoData logo at the top of the screen - the username, password, etc. are pre-filled for you - just click the blue: "Connect WebSocket" button at the bottom to get started. When you issue a SQL query that is eligible for distribution from the GizmoEdge SQL app (at https://gizmoedge.gizmodata.com ) - it should distribute and execute on your device (among others) in the collective, provided that they have downloaded a shard of data and are connected to the server. I would be honored if folks tried the engine. Please bear in mind - this is a prototype - it isn't production ready, yet. It is currently read-only as well - but I'm working on a way to make it easy for folks to ingest data for distributed SQL execution in the near-future. GizmoEdge is powered by DuckDB on the workers, and uses WebSockets for low-latency connections between the server and workers. It uses TLS for encryption of communication - and has a robust security model - in which the server and workers have a "trust-but-verify" relationship. Getting started: GizmoEdge SQL Navigator app (run interactive SQL queries here): https://gizmoedge.gizmodata.com GizmoEdge Worker on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gizmoedge/id6738658135 GizmoEdge homepage: https://gizmodata.com/gizmoedge Thank you for your time and feedback - in advance!

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