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November 16, 2023

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November 13, 2023

Sharding for cost-effective database management

Maximizing performance while minimizing costs is integral for engineering large-scale applications with massive data volumes. Learn more about cost-effective sharding in this tech talk.

November 08, 2023

November 07, 2023

Announcing Vitess 18

Vitess 18 is now generally available, with a number of new enhancements designed to improve usability, performance, and MySQL compatibility.

Announcing Vitess 18

Vitess 18 is now Generally Available, with a number of new enhancements designed to improve usability, performance and MySQL compatibility. MySQL Compatibility Improvements # Foreign Keys # In the past, foreign keys had to be managed outside Vitess. This was a significant blocker for adoption. We are now able to support Vitess-managed foreign keys within the same shard. This includes the ability to import data into Vitess from an existing MySQL database with foreign keys.

November 06, 2023

The Future of MySQL Schema Change: Spirit

Using pt-online-schema or gh-ost? Of course you are; everyone in the MySQL industry does. But now there’s a new online schema change tool that will obsolete these two: Spirit by renowned MySQL expert Morgan Tocker.

Supabase Beta October 2023

Brand-new features, community content, and (more importantly) the date for our next Launch Week.