a curated list of database news from authoritative sources

April 20, 2023

MySQL for application developers

Everything you need to know about MySQL as an application developer, with a focus on improving query performance. After covering the high-level overview, we’ll put the learnings to the test with some hands-on examples.

A free and open source mock data generator for your next data project

Mockingbird is a powerful and flexible mock streaming data generator for all of your data projects. With Mockingbird, you can define a data schema and stream mock data to Tinybird and external destinations. Use the headless library, CLI, or UI to generate data streams for any application.

April 19, 2023

April 18, 2023

Pagination in MySQL

An overview of the different ways to paginate in MySQL including limit/offset pagination and cursor pagination plus the pros and cons of each.

The power of real-time streaming analytics with Confluent and Tinybird

Today, Tinybird is excited to announce the launch of our new Confluent Connector, offering Confluent users the ability to stream their data into Tinybird in real time. With today’s announcement, Confluent users have a new way to query their streaming data and build fast APIs, faster.

April 17, 2023

Vtctld Server API

We are thrilled to discuss VtctldServer, the new gRPC API for performing cluster management operations with vtctld components. This is the (near-) culmination of long, steady migration that began back in Vitess v9 (!!!) and went GA in Vitess v15, so we'd like to talk a bit about the motivation behind the move, the design of the new API, and where we go from here. Why? # Vitess users may have found themselves invoking various cluster management operations (think CreateKeyspace, EmergencyReparentShard, Backup, and so on) via the vtctlclient program.

April 14, 2023

Launch Week 7 Community Highlights

We're honored to work with, sponsor, and support incredible people and tools. Here is a highlight of the last 3 months.

April 13, 2023

April 12, 2023