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Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig]

Today, in our effort to continue being the best database for serverless and applications that require massive scale, we are deprecating the Scaler plan. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn the key differences between Amazon Aurora blue/green deployments and PlanetScale branching. →


Rick Branson

Learn about the three main aspects of database scaling: storage, compute, and network. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn different considerations and best practices for quickly and efficiently recovering your database when downtime hits. →


Savannah Longoria

In this blog post, we explore how complex data and geographic features can be represented in MySQL. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn about how Amazon Aurora replication works, and how it compares to the traditional MySQL replication strategy used by PlanetScale. →


Mike Coutermarsh

The Vantage + PlanetScale integration is now available. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn about the various isolation levels used by MySQL to allow concurrency in your database. →


Shlomi Noach

We are releasing schemadiff, an open source command line tool to generate diffs between two MySQL databases. →


Matt Robenolt

How close am I to PlanetScale? Use our new CLI command, pscale ping, to find out. →


Taylor Barnett

You can now use foreign key constraints in PlanetScale databases. →


Shlomi Noach, Manan Gupta

Today, PlanetScale launched support for foreign key constraints. This article covers some of the behind-the-scenes technical challenges we had to overcome to support them. →


Savannah Longoria

Learn what HTAP is, how HTAP compares to OLAP and OLTP, and some pros and cons of HTAP. →


Rafer Hazen

This new update to PlanetScale Insights introduces smart query monitoring to detect slower than expected queries in your database. →


Mike Coutermarsh

Learn what went into building PlanetScale webhooks from a security perspective. This article covers SSRF, webhook validation, DDoS, and more. →


Brian Morrison II

There is more to sharding than simply increasing data throughput. In this article, we explore three different benefits of sharding your database. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn the best practices for configuring MySQL replication, and how to ensure your data is always available. →


Ayrton

Learn how to build HTML emails using Rails and Tailwind CSS. We also cover how to overcome some common obstacles such as Gmail message clipping, large file size, Apple autolinking, and more. →


David Bravant

Maximizing 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. →


Sam Lambert [@samlambert]

We are pleased to announce that PlanetScale has been named on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. →


Vitess Engineering Team

Vitess 18 is now generally available, with a number of new enhancements designed to improve usability, performance, and MySQL compatibility. →


Taylor Barnett, Katie Sipos

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. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn about what database replication is and some real-world use cases of MySQL replication that can benefit your database scalability strategy. →


Brian Morrison II

Learn how to sync user data from a Clerk project into your PlanetScale MySQL database with webhooks using Netlify and Netlify Functions. →