a curated list of database news from authoritative sources

July 06, 2023

Announcing PlanetScale Scaler Pro

See how Scaler Pro combines the best of our current plans for companies of all sizes while enabling you to grow with the best database for serverless.

Supabase Beta June 2023

A plethora of announcements... read till the end to find out when is the new Launch Week

June 30, 2023

June 29, 2023

Introduction to PlanetScale

This video is an introduction to the PlanetScale database platform and how it can increase developer velocity, including a demo of features, such as branching, deploy requests, and query insights.

Event-driven architecture best practices for databases and files

Event-driven architectures should have largely replaced poll-based workflows and batch ETLs. Here are the common patterns (and anti-patterns) I have observed for event-driven ingestion of data from both application databases and file systems.

Event-driven architecture best practices for databases and files

Event-driven architectures should have largely replaced poll-based workflows and batch ETLs. Here are the common patterns (and anti-patterns) I have observed for event-driven ingestion of data from both application databases and file systems.

June 28, 2023

June 27, 2023

Announcing Vitess 17

In this release of Vitess, several significant enhancements have been introduced to improve the compatibility, performance, and usability of the system.

Using Tinybird as a serverless online feature store

Machine learning can feel like a lot of hype, but feature stores are extraordinarily practical. In this post, I'll show you why Tinybird makes for an excellent online feature store for real-time inference and game-changing user experiences.

Announcing Vitess 17

We are pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 17! Major Themes in Vitess 17 # In this release of Vitess, several significant enhancements have been introduced to improve the compatibility, performance, and usability of the system. GA Announcements # The VTTablet settings connection pool feature, introduced in v15, is now enabled by default in this release. This feature simplifies the management and configuration of system settings, providing users with a more streamlined and convenient experience.

June 22, 2023

Datetimes versus timestamps in MySQL

Learn the differences between datetimes and timestamps in MySQL, the DATE, YEAR, and TIME columns, timezones, and when to use each.

Using Bloom filter indexes for real-time text search in ClickHouse®️

A customer of ours had text-based log data and they wanted to be able to search over the text (quickly). However, in ClickHouse, text search without any special measures involves a full scan, period. And we know that full scans are not efficient.

June 20, 2023

Designing and implementing a weather data API

When I first learned about Tinybird, its mission of helping developers build APIs caught my eye. I wondered what it would be like to design and implement a weather data API using Tinybird. In this post, I've documented my journey doing just that.