Blog

By Nick Van Wiggeren | February 10, 2022

Database issues experts have faced at companies like GitHub, DigitalOcean, and Etsy and define the stages of database growth that you should be aiming towards at each stage of your company. →

By Holly Guevara | February 9, 2022

Learn how to speed up your Laravel applications with caching. →

By Taylor Barnett | February 3, 2022

Learn how to build automated workflows to develop and operate PlanetScale databases with GitHub Actions. →

By Mike Coutermarsh | January 24, 2022

When implementing user authentication with passwords throw out the password rules you know. →

By Camila Ramos | January 20, 2022

A step-by-step guide for using PlanetScale and Prisma with Next.js. →

By Mike Coutermarsh | January 18, 2022

Learn how we use minitest and FactoryBot with parallel tests to get our Rails test suite to run in 1 minute on Buildkite. →

By Taylor Barnett | November 18, 2021

Create a PlanetScale database on the Prisma Data Platform; immediately store and query data from the browser →

By Phani Raju | November 17, 2021

PlanetScale now supports zero downtime data migrations from your existing MySQL Database →

By James Cunningham | November 3, 2021

Deploy PlanetScale in your AWS or GCP account with our Enterprise PlanetScale Managed plan. →

By Sam Lambert | October 28, 2021

We’ve updated our database plans to better meet your needs →

By Jarod Reyes | September 30, 2021

PlanetScale draws customers from RDS due to better scalability, superior developer workflow, and typically much lower cost →

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. →