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We are adding vector storage and search to MySQL, enabling you to use PlanetScale for your AI use cases. →
By Jonah Berquist |
Not sure when to shard your MySQL database? This article covers when you should consider horizontal sharding as a scaling strategy in MySQL and some other scaling options before then. →
By Brian Morrison II |
Explore what to consider when deploying databases to Kubernetes, and how PlanetScale utilizes Kubernetes and Vitess to run hundreds of thousands of databases. →
By Liz van Dijk |
Grasping when and how to shard, selecting the ideal shard keys, and managing cross-shard queries effectively can prove difficult even for seasoned engineers. Learn how to do this, and more in this tech talk. →
By Taylor Barnett |
Learn how to use the new PlanetScale Netlify integration to simplify the process of wiring up a database to your Netlify applications. →
By Brian Morrison II |
Learn how to build virtual relationships between tables in PlanetScale while using the Drizzle TypeScript ORM. →
By Lucy Burns, Taylor Barnett |
Historically, there has been the belief that you cannot horizontally scale and shard MySQL, learn how Vitess has made MySQL sharding at the database layer a reality. →
By Shlomi Noach |
Why PlanetScale deploys branch changes near-atomically, and how it applies concurrency and dependency resolution without impacting production databases. →
By Deepthi Sigireddi |
Learn how middleware technology works, the pitfalls of application-level sharding, and how Vitess enables horizontal sharding of MySQL for near infinite scale. →
By Iheanyi Ekechukwu, David Graham, Ayrton |
PlanetScale now supports IP restrictions for database passwords as another tool to operate your database securely. →
By Sam Lambert |
Databases can cost your company millions if they don’t function as they should. What are the biggest pitfalls, and how can you avoid them? →
By Justin Gage |
A guide on what slows developers down, why it matters, and how a better database can unlock developer productivity. →
By Mike Coutermarsh |
In this tech talk, we demo how to build your own CI/CD pipelines, where to incorporate the database, and why the database has historically been left out of CI/CD. →
By Mike Coutermarsh |
Learn how to solve a tree traversal N+1 query problem in your Rails application. →
By Nick Van Wiggeren |
See how Scaler Pro combines the best of our current plans for companies of all sizes while enabling you to grow with the best database for serverless. →
By PlanetScale |
Sharding and partitioning are two common ways to improve performance, manageability, and availability of larger databases. →
By Taylor Barnett |
This video is an introduction to the PlanetScale database platform and how it can increase developer velocity, including a demo of features, such as branching, deploy requests, and query insights. →
By Sam Lambert |
A detailed description of the multi-layered approach PlanetScale takes to ensure your data is safe. →
By Matt Lord |
In this release of Vitess, several significant enhancements have been introduced to improve the compatibility, performance, and usability of the system. →
By Brian Morrison II |
PlanetScale and Hightouch cover how you can make use of one of your most valuable company assets: product data. →
By Aaron Francis |
Learn the differences between datetimes and timestamps in MySQL, the DATE, YEAR, and TIME columns, timezones, and when to use each. →