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By Sugu Sougoumarane | April 28, 2022

In part 5 of our consensus algorithms series we discuss how we handle race conditions and forward progress requirements. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | April 6, 2022

In part 4 of the consensus algorithms series we look at how algorithm leaders are established and revoked. →

By Vicent Marti | March 30, 2022

Go 1.18 is here, and with it, the first release of the long-awaited implementation of Generics is finallyready for production usage. Generics are a frequently requested feature that has been highly contentiousthroughout the Go community. →

By Mike Coutermarsh | March 29, 2022

Learn why PlanetScale used NanoID to generate obscure and URL friendly identifiers. →

By Taylor Barnett | March 24, 2022

Learn how PlanetScale lets you revert changes to your database after a migration with no downtime and zero data loss. →

By Holly Guevara, Shlomi Noach | March 24, 2022

Learn how we used VReplication to allow for migration reverts with data retention. →

By James Q Quick | March 3, 2022

Don’t let SQL injection attacks hurt your business. →

By Camila Ramos | March 2, 2022

This database schema design guide walks you through walk through the basics of creating and designing schemas for relational databases. →

By Jason Long | February 23, 2022

We’re sharing the PlanetScale-powered communication tool we use internally. →

By Florent Poinsard | February 22, 2022

Learn about the Vitess 13 release. →

By Mike Coutermarsh | February 17, 2022

How to build self-healing background jobs into your application with background queueing systems like Sidekiq. →

By Holly Guevara | February 15, 2022

Learn how to build a Laravel CRUD application connect it to a MySQL database and seed it with data. →

By James Q Quick | February 11, 2022

Use Prisma and Next.js to automatically populate your database with data. →

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 Sam Lambert | November 16, 2021

PlanetScale is now GA. →

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 →