MariaDB’s Database Survey 2026
How are developers and organisations really using databases — and MariaDB? Take our survey and help shape this year’s public report. The survey is anonymous and should take 8 minutes or less to finish. Results will...
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From Replication to Resilience: Miguel Araújo on Building the Operational Layer of MySQL High Availability
Q1. As the tech lead for AdminAPI, you’ve spent years helping shape how MySQL users deploy and manage InnoDB Cluster, ReplicaSet, and ClusterSet environments. From your experience, what are some of the most important...
Where can you find MySQL from August through October 2026?
August 3, 2026 7 minute read Lenka Kasparova MySQL Community Manager The MySQL Community team will continue to be active across conferences, user group meetups, open source events, and regional community activities throughout August, September, and October 2026. While...
MySQL Rockstar 2025. Q&A with Umesh Shastry
Q1. Umesh, congratulations on being named MySQL Rockstar 2025! Over the past decade, you’ve verified and handled over 14,000 public bug reports, acting as a crucial bridge between the MySQL community and Oracle’s development team....
On Brazil’s MySQL landscape. Q&A with Vinicius Grippa
“Next year, we will be celebrating 10 years of the community“ Q1. Looking at the themes presented at MySQL BR Conf 2025—from high availability implementations to modern data architectures and AI integration—what do these...
MySQL on ODBMS.org: A Successful Collaboration highlighting Community Engagements
December 1, 2025 7 minute read Lenka Kasparova MySQL Community Manager (Originally published in the Oracle MySQL Blog) Since 2024, MySQL and ODBMs.org have embarked on a collaboration to produce insightful articles that cater to...
On Powertools for AWS Lambda. Q&A with Leandro Cavalcante Damascena
Q1. As a core contributor to Powertools for AWS Lambda, how do you balance the trade-offs between feature richness and cold start performance? Cold start performance is always top of mind when we’re building...
How Non-Code Contributors Find Their Place in Open Source Communities. How to Build Trust and Grow Open Source Communities. Q&A with Lahari Chowtoori, and Mila Zhou.
Q1. In the open source world, code contributions take the spotlight. What is the role of non-code contributors and why is it important? In the open source world, while code contributions are highly visible,...
Inside PostgreSQL: An Open Source Project’s Growth, Governance, and Future. Q&A with Joe Conway and Robert Treat
“One of the key differences between PostgreSQL and most other Open Source databases is that PostgreSQL is an Open Source project, not an Open Source product.” Q1. What are some of the most anticipated...
MySQL Legend 2024. Q&A with Shlomi Noach
Q1. Congratulations for your title of MySQL Legend 2024. What is your role now that you are a Legend and how do you support the MySQL community? I have been involved with the MySQL...