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How we made PlanetScale’s background jobs self-healing
Engineering

How we made PlanetScale’s background jobs self-healing

How to build self-healing background jobs into your application with background queueing systems like Sidekiq.

Mike Coutermarsh
Build a Laravel application with a MySQL database
Tutorials

Build a Laravel application with a MySQL database

Learn how to build a Laravel CRUD application connect it to a MySQL database and seed it with data.

Holly Guevara
How to seed a database with Prisma and Next.js
Tutorials

How to seed a database with Prisma and Next.js

Use Prisma and Next.js to automatically populate your database with data.

James Q Quick
Introduction to Laravel caching
Engineering

Introduction to Laravel caching

Learn how to speed up your Laravel applications with caching.

Holly Guevara
Using the PlanetScale CLI with GitHub Actions workflows
Tutorials

Using the PlanetScale CLI with GitHub Actions workflows

Learn how to build automated workflows to develop and operate PlanetScale databases with GitHub Actions.

Taylor Barnett
Create a Harry Potter API with Node.js/Express MySQL and PlanetScale
Tutorials

Create a Harry Potter API with Node.js/Express MySQL and PlanetScale

Learn how to build a Harry Potter API using Node.js Express and PlanetScale

James Q Quick
Using entropy for user-friendly strong passwords
Engineering

Using entropy for user-friendly strong passwords

When implementing user authentication with passwords throw out the password rules you know.

Mike Coutermarsh
How to set up Next.js with Prisma and PlanetScale
Tutorials

How to set up Next.js with Prisma and PlanetScale

A step-by-step guide for using PlanetScale and Prisma with Next.js.

Camila Ramos
How our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite
Engineering

How our Rails test suite runs in 1 minute on Buildkite

Learn how we use minitest and FactoryBot with parallel tests to get our Rails test suite to run in 1 minute on Buildkite.

Mike Coutermarsh
Deploy your Dusty Domains for good with Netlify
Tutorials

Deploy your Dusty Domains for good with Netlify

Deploy your forgotten domains in the month of December for a good cause with Netlify and friends.

Taylor Barnett
Arctype integrates MySQL GUI with PlanetScale
Community

Arctype integrates MySQL GUI with PlanetScale

The power of PlanetScale within a beautiful GUI — now you can connect to development branches switch between them and even create deploy requests in Arctype.

Jarod Reyes
Scaling databases in a serverless world
Community

Scaling databases in a serverless world

In a serverless world traditional databases scale differently. They need a rock solid foundation that Vitess and PlanetScale can provide.

Taylor Barnett
Introducing Prisma’s Data Platform PlanetScale integration
Tutorials

Introducing Prisma’s Data Platform PlanetScale integration

Create a PlanetScale database on the Prisma Data Platform; immediately store and query data from the browser

Taylor Barnett
Bring your data to PlanetScale
Product

Bring your data to PlanetScale

PlanetScale now supports zero downtime data migrations from your existing MySQL Database

Phani Raju
Building a Next.js app with Netlify NextAuth.js Prisma and a PlanetScale database
Tutorials

Building a Next.js app with Netlify NextAuth.js Prisma and a PlanetScale database

A new dynamic Next.js starter app with authentication and PlanetScale built-in ready to be deployed to Netlify

Taylor Barnett
PlanetScale launch week
Community

PlanetScale launch week

Join our contest and stay tuned for exciting announcements and livestreams all this week

Lucy Burns
New PlanetScale pricing: Scaler plan upgrades and our new enterprise plan
Company

New PlanetScale pricing: Scaler plan upgrades and our new enterprise plan

We’ve updated our database plans to better meet your needs

Sam Lambert
Using PlanetScale with JetBrains DataGrip
Tutorials

Using PlanetScale with JetBrains DataGrip

Connect PlanetScale to JetBrains DataGrip to use database branching deploy requests and non-blocking schema changes

Taylor Barnett
Comparing AWS’s RDS and PlanetScale
Product

Comparing AWS’s RDS and PlanetScale

PlanetScale draws customers from RDS due to better scalability, superior developer workflow, and typically much lower cost

Jarod Reyes
Quick deploys using the Web Console
Tutorials

Quick deploys using the Web Console

Deploy a TypeScript app using the PlanetScale Vercel integration and Web Console

Elom Gomez
Optimizing SQL with Query Statistics
Product

Optimizing SQL with Query Statistics

Check the performance of your SQL queries in real-time.

David Graham
NoneSQL All the DevEx
Engineering

NoneSQL All the DevEx

Databases will win based on superior developer experience not what is under the hood.

Justin Gage
Stay up to date with the PlanetScale Changelog
Company

Stay up to date with the PlanetScale Changelog

Stay up-to-date with the latest features and product launches from PlanetScale

Jarod Reyes
Automatically copy migration data in PlanetScale branches
Product

Automatically copy migration data in PlanetScale branches

Use PlanetScale branching with the database schema migration tools of your choice

Taylor Barnett
Building PlanetScale with PlanetScale
Engineering

Building PlanetScale with PlanetScale

How PlanetScale uses database branching and non-blocking schema changes to build PlanetScale.

Iheanyi Ekechukwu
Connect any MySQL client to PlanetScale using Connection Strings
Product

Connect any MySQL client to PlanetScale using Connection Strings

Connect PlanetScale to any MySQL client with Connection Strings for a true database experience.

Taylor Barnett
PlanetScale on Vitess
Product

PlanetScale on Vitess

At PlanetScale our vision is to build a database developers love that can scale indefinitely. To do this we knew we needed a database with a history of powering companies that deal with humongous amounts of data and traffic. That’s why we chose Vitess.

Deepthi Sigireddi
Sam Lambert appointed new CEO of PlanetScale
Company

Sam Lambert appointed new CEO of PlanetScale

Announcing a new CEO for PlanetScale

Jiten Vaidya
The promises and realities of the relational database model
Engineering

The promises and realities of the relational database model

The relational model is one of the oldest surviving models in computer science but it has some drawbacks that need to be addressed.

Shlomi Noach