This document summarizes an approach to providing high-performance storage services using Java and HailDB. It discusses using the optimized "guts" of MySQL without needing to go through JDBC and SQL. It presents HailDB as a storage engine alternative to NoSQL options like Voldemort. It describes integrating HailDB with Java using JNA, building a REST API on top called St8, and examples of nifty applications like graph stores and counters. It concludes with discussing future work like improving packaging, online backup, and exploring JNI bindings.