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December 13, 2024
Software Licensing and Open Source: Why Definitions Matter
Over the last few years, there have been many calls to evolve the Open Source Definition (OSD) to fit the [...]
November 12, 2024
Alternatives to Cloud DBaaS: What to Look For
Originally published on The New Stack. Building a flexible cloud strategy means making decisions that align with operational efficiency, cost [...]
November 6, 2024
An Elephant in the Cluster: Making PostgreSQL Feel at Home on Kubernetes
TL;DR Kubernetes was built for stateless apps, but as more stateful applications (like databases) run on it, operators include quite [...]
October 28, 2024
Abandonware in Popular Open Source Databases
Inspired by this comment in the Hacker News discussion, I posted polls on my LinkedIn network about the tendency (or [...]
October 24, 2024
Redis Users Want a Change
Originally published on The New Stack. Open source Valkey is emerging as a top contender for the 75% of companies [...]
October 23, 2024
Open Source and Flawed Foundations
I have always been a big advocate of “Foundation”-run open source projects as being better compared to single-vendor projects, where [...]
September 17, 2024
MySQL 8.0 vs. 5.7: Are the Newer Versions More Problematic?
There has been much discussion recently about the stability and performance of the latest MySQL releases. Many database professionals are [...]
September 9, 2024
MongoDB Performance Regression Benchmarking and the Truth Behind Journaling
I have always been wondering about performance regression when upgrading in MongoDB. From MongoDB v3.6, despite continuous improvement in the [...]
September 4, 2024
Percona In-Product Telemetry: Updates, Findings, and News
This article is, in fact, two topics merged into one publication. Both are related to anonymous statistical data collection within [...]
September 3, 2024
What are Kubernetes Pods? A Deep Dive
You might have driven a car, but have you ever wondered how the engine works? Similarly if you have used [...]
June 17, 2024
Can Oracle Save MySQL?
I got quite a response to my article on whether Oracle is Killing MySQL, including a couple of great write-ups [...]
June 13, 2024
Sakila, Where Are You Going?
At Percona, we monitor our users’ needs and try to accommodate them. One aspect we monitor is the MySQL version [...]
June 10, 2024
Is Oracle Finally Killing MySQL?
Some 15 years ago, when Oracle acquired Sun, and hence MySQL, there was a lot of talk on the internet [...]
May 23, 2024
Beyond Cloud: The Impact of AI Agents on Platform Engineering
In November 2023, Bill Gates wrote an article about how AI would change the way we interact with computers and personal [...]
May 22, 2024
Are Your Backups Able to Pass the Unisuper Test?
You may have heard about Unisuper’s problem last week; see here. The $135 billion dollar company’s data was wiped off [...]
May 6, 2024
Valkey/Redis Configurations and Persistent Setting of the Key Parameters
Since Valkey (a fork of Redis) is around the corner, I thought to write a short blog post about some [...]
April 30, 2024
Redis, Valkey, and Percona’s Ongoing Support of Open Source
For me, the Redis story starts with… Memcached. Back in the early 2000s, “Web 2.0” was being built following [...]
April 18, 2024
Should You Deploy Your Databases on Kubernetes? And What Makes StatefulSet Worthwhile?
Why do cloud-native databases matter? Kubernetes makes it easier to run applications. It’s like having a magic wand for managing [...]
March 14, 2024
The Challenge with Open Core Software
Open core is a monetization strategy for open source, where in addition to the open source version, often called “community,” [...]
February 26, 2024
Is Linkerd Open Source?
There is a new controversy in the Linkerd community with reports that many Linkerd users will now need to pay [...]