Category Archives: MySQL

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RedisConf 2018

Posted on April 28, 2018 by James Briggs

I attended RedisConf 2018 on Thursday at Pier 27 (The James R. Herman Cruise Terminal) in SF. Just like 2017, the talks were extremely high-quality and imaginative – I wished I could see all of the tracks. The Herman Center … Continue reading →

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Percona Live 2018 Conference

Posted on April 28, 2018 by James Briggs

I attended the Percona Live 2018 database conference in Santa Clara again. As always, the conference was very well-organized and had great talks. For 2018, Percona attempted to make it more affordable, with prices in the $600 range. Much appreciated! … Continue reading →

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Postgresql vs MySQL in the Enterprise

Posted on March 30, 2018 by James Briggs

There are few people who have used both MySQL and Postgresql in production at scale. Both are great Open Source databases, so I thought I’d add some comments based on my experience. Feature MySQL/InnoDB Postgresql Replication Many options, simple to … Continue reading →

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Maintenance Banner mx_banner Available

Posted on February 4, 2018 by James Briggs

While watching Superbowl 52, I finished my github project Maintenance Banner, aka mx_banner.php. It lets an application administrator schedule maintenance event notifications for a web application in a database, and the web application can then automatically display those on the … Continue reading →

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Table Partitions in MySQL and Postgresql

Posted on January 20, 2018 by James Briggs

We’re lucky to have two great Open Source databases, MySQL and Postgresql. One of the killer features in both MySQL and Postgresql is table partitions – for example, most Silicon Valley adtech companies are powered by MySQL partitions. They let … Continue reading →

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