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Product updates, technical deep-dives, and lessons from building open-source database tools. Written by the GEEKFUN team.

DocKit 1.0 - The NoSQL desktop client developers deserved

May 10, 2026

After 2 years and 10 months, 970 commits, 244 merged PRs, and 70 releases, DocKit ships its first stable release. A complete re-introduction from scratch: the journey from Electron to Tauri v2, three UI rewrites, DynamoDB, AI integration, and everything the platform does today.

Best DynamoDB GUI Clients in 2026: 5 Tools Compared

May 9, 2026

DynamoDB launched in 2012 and a whole ecosystem grew around it. But we're in 2026 now, and the AI era changes things. This guide covers the main GUI clients — DocKit, Dynobase, NoSQL Workbench, AWS Console, Dynomate — and tells you which are still active. Plus other ecosystem tools worth knowing.

Instant Documentation Access — Shortcuts in DocKit for Any ES, OpenSearch, or DynamoDB API

May 6, 2026

Press a single shortcut in the editor and get the exact official documentation for any Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or DynamoDB API — version-aware, engine-aware, and language-aware. Rebuilt from the ground up with spec-driven mapping across 1,300+ lines of code and tests.

How to Set Up DynamoDB Local for Local Development

April 23, 2026

Learn how to run DynamoDB Local with Docker or the downloadable JAR, configure AWS CLI access, create your first local table, and connect the local endpoint from DocKit.

Serverless Architecture Pitfalls: Alibaba Cloud API Gateway Body Transform Issue

April 15, 2026

When implementing Alipay webhook callbacks, we encountered an issue where application/x-www-form-urlencoded request bodies were being converted to JSON objects. Deep analysis of ServerlessInsight + serverless-adapter architecture, platform behavior, and solutions.

Access and Manage Local DynamoDB with DocKit

April 8, 2026

DynamoDB Local lets you develop offline, iterate faster, and avoid AWS costs. Learn how to set up DynamoDB Local and access, query, and manage your local tables with DocKit.

DocKit Query History - Never Lose a Query Again

March 3, 2026

DocKit now automatically saves every query you execute — for Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and DynamoDB. View, copy, re-run, and send past queries back to the editor from the dedicated history panel.

DocKit Import & Export - Seamlessly Move Data Across NoSQL Databases

March 3, 2026

Need to migrate data, seed a test environment, or back up before an upgrade? DocKit's new import/export feature supports JSON, CSV, and bulk formats for Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, and DynamoDB.

DocKit DynamoDB Manage & Metrics - Full Table Control at Your Fingertips

March 3, 2026

Manage DynamoDB tables, view real-time metrics, browse indexes, and monitor capacity — all without leaving DocKit's clean desktop UI.

Managing your DynamoDB tables with DocKit make life easier

January 20, 2026

DocKit is a desktop GUI client for DynamoDB with PartiQL support, inline editing, and visual data browsing. No AWS Console, no CLI — point it at your endpoint and start working.

Automate Elasticsearch Query Writing with AI Assistants - DocKit

January 19, 2026

Discover how to use AI and large language models to generate complex Elasticsearch queries automatically. Boost productivity with an AI assistant for Elasticsearch.

September 18, 2024

There are several ways to implement integration test for Elasticsearch, you can startup a container to run the elasticsearch server or config a remote elasticsearch server that you dedicated for test purpose only. In this post, I will give you a another way to implement Elasticsearch Integration Test by using jest-preset jest-search to startup a local server for you.

DocKit - Introduction to Elasticsearch GUI Client

September 17, 2024

DocKit is an open-source desktop client for Elasticsearch — query editor with auto-completion, cluster management, and AI-assisted query generation. This guide covers getting started and the key features.

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