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Get the RSS feedMaximizing performance while minimizing costs is integral for engineering large-scale applications with massive data volumes. Learn more about cost-effective sharding in this tech talk. →
We are pleased to announce that PlanetScale has been named on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. →
Vitess 18 is now generally available, with a number of new enhancements designed to improve usability, performance, and MySQL compatibility. →
Learn how you can extract, load, and transform your PlanetScale data with Fivetran. →
Taylor Barnett, Mike Coutermarsh |
You can now automatically trigger HTTP callbacks on events in PlanetScale to build custom integrations, notifications, and workflows. →
Learn about what database replication is and some real-world use cases of MySQL replication that can benefit your database scalability strategy. →
Learn how to sync user data from a Clerk project into your PlanetScale MySQL database with webhooks using Netlify and Netlify Functions. →
Bringing weekly reports of the most important parts of your database, straight to your inbox. →
Learn what distributed caching systems are, how they complement MySQL databases, and potential issues you might face when implementing them. →
Learn the basics of MySQL partitioning, including partitioning with range, list, and key strategies, as well as how partitioning relates to database sharding. →
Deep dive into MySQL’s connection handling mechanisms for optimal connection pooling and improved concurrency. →
Ayrton |
Learn how we utilized Markdoc to create custom, extendable product onboarding at PlanetScale. →
Compare PlanetScale’s multi-cloud database platform for Postgres and Vitess with Amazon Aurora, one of AWS’s managed relational database services. Discover the strengths, features, and benefits of each platform to choose the best fit for your database needs. →
Compare PlanetScale’s multi-cloud database platform for Postgres and Vitess with Amazon RDS, AWS’s managed relational database service. Discover the strengths, features, and benefits of each platform to choose the best fit for your database needs. →
Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig] |
We are adding vector storage and search to MySQL, enabling you to use PlanetScale for your AI use cases. →
PlanetScale Managed on AWS is now PCI compliant. →
Not sure when to shard your MySQL or Postgres database? This article covers when you should consider horizontal sharding as a scaling strategy in MySQL and Postgres, and some other scaling options before then. →
Explore what to consider when deploying databases to Kubernetes, and how PlanetScale utilizes Kubernetes and Vitess to run hundreds of thousands of databases. →
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. →
Learn how to use the new PlanetScale Netlify integration to simplify the process of wiring up a database to your Netlify applications. →
Learn how to build virtual relationships between tables in PlanetScale while using the Drizzle TypeScript ORM. →
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. →
Why PlanetScale deploys branch changes near-atomically, and how it applies concurrency and dependency resolution without impacting production databases. →
Learn about all of the tech driving every PlanetScale database. →
Learn how middleware technology works, the pitfalls of application-level sharding, and how Vitess enables horizontal sharding of MySQL for near infinite scale. →