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Akema is a read-only Kafka message inspection and analytics tool for exploring and analyzing streaming data.

The author shares lessons learned from adding a natural-language-to-SQL assistant to an open-source database client, focusing on challenges with local models like schema selection and the need for database-enforced read-only access to prevent semantically incorrect queries.

SecAIQ Watch is a free, open-source dashboard that monitors AI tools on your computer, displaying their connections, access, and token usage locally without cloud or account requirements.

OpenClaw 2026.9.5 added Session Share for agent conversations, providing read-only access that cannot be revoked after delivery, suggesting enhancements like transcript previews.

GreptimeDB Enterprise integrates with Apache Iceberg to make tables queryable from Spark, Trino, DuckDB, and other engines without copying data by publishing Iceberg metadata over existing Parquet files.

The author built a Reddit MCP tool that allows AI agents to access Reddit posts, comments, and users through 14 read-only tools, simplifying data retrieval without proxies.

A developer shares their experience giving an AI agent read-only access to financial systems via MCP, and asks the community about automating payments and transaction limits.

SQLite's WAL mode can cause 'database is locked' errors for short-lived read-only connections due to internal locking of the WAL index file; a busy timeout or switching to DELETE mode can resolve the issue.

A tool that converts natural language queries to SQL with read-only restrictions to prevent data modification.

Read-only agents are easier to test than write-access agents; production data write access remains an unsolved eval problem for many teams.

Discusses strategies to prevent AI coding agents from accidentally modifying production databases, advocating for read-only access, sandboxed environments, and approval gates over relying solely on prompts.