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Get the RSS feedAnnouncing a new CEO for PlanetScale →
The relational model is one of the oldest surviving models in computer science but it has some drawbacks that need to be addressed. →
Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig] |
Together Vercel and PlanetScale combine a serverless platform with a scalable and easy-to-use database providing an incredible development experience with limitless scale. →
The dream behind PlanetScale is to serve the modern application developer’s needs as well as something like GitHub does for code. →
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. →
PlanetScale is the first database designed for developer workflows on top of the technology of the hyperscalers. →
On behalf of the Vitess maintainers, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 9. →
On behalf of the Vitess maintainers team, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Vitess 8 for MySQL. →
The more loosely coupled components are in a distributed system the better it scales →
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. →
How the new integration adds new failure detection and recovery scenarios making orchestrator’s operation goal-oriented. →
The Rules of Consensus →
Why I joined PlanetScale to work on Vitess and PlanetScaleDB and what I perceive Vitess can become in the MySQL open source ecosystem. →
This is a multi-part blog series and will be updated with links to the corresponding posts. →
Learn Horizontal Scaling on PlanetScaleDB with Vitess — Rate Puppies in a Rust app with Sharded MySQL Database
[Engineering]Rate Puppies in a Rust app with Sharded MySQL Database →
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. →
Here at PlanetScale we hear some concerns about the reliability of Vitess and its capabilities with regards to data loss. →
I am excited to announce the general availability of Vitess 6, the second release to follow our new accelerated release schedule. →
Build systems that do not lose data. Vitess prevents asynchronous failure in two ways: (1) ensuring that the changes are saved locally on storage with the redo log and binary logs safely written to disk and (2) making use of semi-synchronous replication. →
This video playlist featuring Vitess co-creator Sugu Sougoumarane is an excellent resource to learn more about the features and capabilities of open source Vitess. →
It’s easier than ever to contribute to Vitess. The test suite migration from Python to golang makes Vitess more developer friendly. →