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By Sugu Sougoumarane | July 7, 2022

In the final installment of the consensus algorithm series we pull everything together with some final thoughts. →

By Mike Coutermarsh | July 6, 2022

We’ve updated our Deploy Request UI to alert when a schema change could produce unintended changes →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | July 1, 2022

In part 7 of the Consensus algorithm series we combine everything we’ve worked at to cover propagating requests →

By Mike Coutermarsh, Iheanyi Ekechukwu | June 29, 2022

Learn how to use sqlcommenter with Rails →

By Vitess Engineering Team | June 28, 2022

Learn about what was just released in Vitess 14 →

By Andres Taylor | June 24, 2022

Vitess is a database proxy that creates an illusion of a single database when in reality the query is sent to multiple MySQL instances. →

By Sugu Sougoumarane | June 21, 2022

In part 6 of the Consensus algorithms series we look at how to handle request completions →

By Holly Guevara | May 26, 2022

Insights gives you a faster way to debug and monitor your PlanetScale database queries →

By James Q Quick | May 25, 2022

Use PlanetScale Connect to easily perform ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) actions on your data to fulfill your application needs. →

By Taylor Barnett | May 24, 2022

Put your data where your users and applications are. →

By Shlomi Noach | May 9, 2022

An exploration of the current landscape of schema change methodology and what the future should look like. →

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. →