Blog

By Elom Gomez | September 13, 2021

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

By David Graham | August 31, 2021

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

By Justin Gage | August 27, 2021

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

By Taylor Barnett | August 23, 2021

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

By Iheanyi Ekechukwu | August 18, 2021

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

By Taylor Barnett | August 16, 2021

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

By Deepthi Sigireddi | July 20, 2021

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. →

By Jiten Vaidya | July 19, 2021

Announcing a new CEO for PlanetScale →

By Shlomi Noach | July 13, 2021

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

By Nick Van Wiggeren | July 1, 2021

Together Vercel and PlanetScale combine a serverless platform with a scalable and easy-to-use database providing an incredible development experience with limitless scale. →

By Sam Lambert | May 24, 2021

The dream behind PlanetScale is to serve the modern application developer’s needs as well as something like GitHub does for code. →

By Lucy Burns | May 20, 2021

Non-blocking schema changes let you push updates to your database without fear of blocking your databases locking individual tables or slowing down production during schema migrations. →

By Sam Lambert | May 18, 2021

PlanetScale is the first database designed for developer workflows on top of the technology of the hyperscalers. →

By Alkin Tezuysal | January 27, 2021

On behalf of the Vitess maintainers, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 9. →

By Alkin Tezuysal | October 27, 2020

On behalf of the Vitess maintainers team, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 8 for MySQL. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | October 4, 2020

The more loosely coupled components are in a distributed system the better it scales →

By Shlomi Noach | October 2, 2020

We look at some basics and follow up to present scenarios that require higher level intervention to ensure availability and to avoid split brains from taking place. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | September 26, 2020

Consensus Use Cases →

By Shlomi Noach | September 19, 2020

How the new integration adds new failure detection and recovery scenarios making orchestrator’s operation goal-oriented. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | September 9, 2020

The Rules of Consensus →

By Shlomi Noach | September 1, 2020

Why I joined PlanetScale to work on Vitess and PlanetScaleDB and what I perceive Vitess can become in the MySQL open source ecosystem. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | August 28, 2020

This is a multi-part blog series and will be updated with links to the corresponding posts. →

By Jiten Vaidya | August 14, 2020

Rate Puppies in a Rust app with Sharded MySQL Database →

By Deepthi Sigireddi | July 28, 2020

On behalf of the Vitess maintainers team, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 7. Major themes include improved SQL support as we continue to progress towards (almost) full MySQL compatibility. →

By Abhi Vaidyanatha | June 10, 2020

Here at PlanetScale we hear some concerns about the reliability of Vitess and its capabilities with regards to data loss. →