Database changes should be SCARY
“The only workload that matters is my production workload” (for all values of “my”). So you can manage this responsibility, SCARY is a software tool which aims to take the uncertainty out of change; …...
View ArticleFeedback requested: The Good/Bad/Ugly
Hi, we from the MariaDB Foundation are having a set of meetings with developers and senior managers from all over the world. We’d like your feedback on the Good/Bad/Ugly bits of MariaDB Server as you...
View ArticleMariaDB Contribution Statistics, October 2023
We are in October, which means it has been 4 months since the last metrics report. It is, therefore, time for another quarterly metrics report (plus a bit more). … Continue reading \"MariaDB...
View ArticleGenerative AI and MariaDB Server
“Generative AI is a can of worms that has to be opened”. That was the laconic comment from a senior industry influencer, when I shared MariaDB Foundation’s plans for successively making MariaDB Server...
View ArticleMariaDB Contribution Statistics, January 2024
It is the start of a new year, and with that brings the start of a new quarter, which means it is time for a contribution statistics update from us. … Continue reading \"MariaDB Contribution...
View ArticleAdjusting the MariaDB Server release model
We changed our release model two years ago A bit over two years ago, MariaDB Foundation and MariaDB plc jointly announced what we called our new Innovation Release Model. … Continue reading \"Adjusting...
View ArticlePost-mortem: PHP and MariaDB Docker issue
Years ago, I watched a film with my children (now adults themselves) called Meet the Robinsons. A running theme from the film is that it is OK to make mistakes because it is from those mistakes we can...
View ArticleMariaDB Wins at the CloudFest Hackathon
OK, MariaDB Server didn’t specifically win, but a project around the MariaDB Catalogs feature won and the team behind it was led by me. In this post, I shall dig into what the CloudFest Hackathon is,...
View ArticleMariaDB Server 11.4 will be LTS
MariaDB Server 11.4 will be a long-term support release, on top of our current plan. Early February, we announced that we were adjusting the MariaDB Server release model. … Continue reading \"MariaDB...
View ArticleMariaDB Contribution Statistics, April 2024
With the first quarter of 2024 out of the way, we can take a look at the contribution statistics for the last three months. For the Foundation, this has been a very busy quarter, we have had a few big...
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