O'Reilly News: MySQL

Four short links: 20 December 2011 - Maximum MySQL, Digital News, Unbiased Mining, and Congressional Clue

2011-12-20T11:00:00Z

How Twitter Stores 250M Tweets a Day Using MySQL (High Scalability) -- notes from a talk at the MySQL conference on how Twitter built a high-volume MySQL store. How The Atlantic Got Profitable With Digital First (Mashable) -- Lauf says his team has focused on putting together premium advertising experiences that span print, digital, events and (increasingly) mobile. Data...

Developer Week in Review: Lion drops pre-installed MySQL - MySQL is missing from Lion Server, and Apple gets a slap on the wrist from South Korea.

2011-08-03T18:00:00Z

A pre-installed version of MySQL is noticeably absent from Lion Server, South Korea penalizes Apple for the location brouhaha, and Java 7's compiler injects a bit of randomness into software development.

Brian Aker explains Memcached - Memcached lets your servers spend time on the important stuff.

2011-04-05T14:00:00Z

Memcached is one of the linchpin technologies that holds the modern Internet together, but do you know what it actually does? Brian Aker offers a peek under the hood.

Improving healthcare in Zambia with CouchDB - CouchDB proves a good fit for a project with technical limits.

2011-03-31T14:00:00Z

A new project in Zambia is trying to integrate supervisors, clinics, and community healthcare workers into a system that can improve patient service and provide more data. In this interview, Cory Zue explains how CouchDB is playing a role.

Developer Week in Review - WWDC tickets are here and gone, Gosling goes to Google, and irony at MySQL.

2011-03-30T17:00:00Z

If you wanted WWDC tickets, you better have had a fast mouse finger. But if James Gosling wants to go to Google I/O, he'll have an inside track next year. Meanwhile, MySQL needs to practice what they preach, security-wise.

Developer Week in Review - Amazon buys itself a lawsuit, a setting Sun.com, and the new name in databases

2011-03-23T14:30:00Z

What's in a name? For Amazon's new Appstore, it was a lawsuit. For Oracle's sun.com domain, big money. And would MySQL by any other name smell as sweet?

Strata Gems: Turn MySQL into blazing fast NoSQL - Bypass the SQL parser to use MySQL's raw speed

2010-12-20T17:00:00Z

The HandlerSocket plugin for MySQL bypasses the query parser to deliver excellent NoSQL performance, rivaling that of memcache.

Strata Gems: Who needs disks anyway? - RethinkDB uses SSDs to their full advantage

2010-12-16T23:19:57Z

Today's databases are designed for the spinning platter of the hard disk. As SSDs begin to enter data centers, it's time for a database that takes advantage of the new technology.

Four short links: 21 October 2010 - MySQL as NoSQL, Handmade SLR, Mac App Store, and Datamining Privacy Workshop

2010-10-21T10:00:00Z

Using MysQL as NoSQL -- 750,000+ qps on a commodity MySQL/InnoDB 5.1 server from remote web clients. Making an SLR Camera from Scratch -- amazing piece of hardware devotion. (via hackaday.com) Mac App Store Guidelines -- Apple announce an app store for the Macintosh, similar to its app store for iPhones and iPads. "Mac App" no longer means generic...

Four short links: 16 September 2010 - Javascript Terminal, Visual Query Explainer, New Google Courses, and Cloudtop Apps

2010-09-16T10:00:00Z

jsTerm -- ANSI-capable telnet terminal built in HTML5 with Javascript, Websocket, and Node.js. (via waxpancake on Twitter) MySQL EXPLAINer -- visualize the output of the MySQL EXPLAIN command. (via eonarts on Twitter) Google Code University -- updated with new classes, including C++ and Android app development. Cloudtop Applications (Anil Dash) -- Anil calling "trend" on multiplatform native apps with...

Four short links: 1 July 2010 - Component Costs, Streaming Server, RC Parts, and MySQL SSD Goodness

2010-07-01T10:00:00Z

Conflict Minerals and Blood Tech (Joey Devilla) -- electronic components have a human and environmental cost. I remember Saul Griffith asking me, "do you want to kill gorillas or dolphins?" for one component. Now we can add child militias and horrific rape to the list. (via Simon Willison) Meteor -- an open source HTTP server that serves streaming data...

What's New in O'Reilly Answers - iPad/iPhone Web App Environments, MySQL in the Amazon Cloud, Debt Reduction, Augmented reality, writing accurate SQL, Pogue's Windows 7 Tips, and much more.

2010-04-13T15:05:01Z

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Brian Aker on post-Oracle MySQL - A deep look at Oracle's motivations and MySQL's future

2010-04-08T19:30:00Z

In time for next week's MySQL Conference & Expo, Brian Aker discussed a number of topics with us, including Oracle's motivations for buying Sun and the rise of NoSQL.

Joe Stump on data, APIs, and why location is up for grabs - The SimpleGEO CTO and former Digg architect discusses NoSQL and location's future

2010-03-23T17:00:00Z

I recently had a long conversation with Joe Stump, CTO of SimpleGeo, about location, geodata, and the NoSQL movement. Stump, who was formerly lead architect at Digg, had a lot to say. Here's the highlights, you can find the full interview elsewhere on Radar.

Four short links: 17 March 2010 - MySQL, MySociety, NoSQL DB, and NoSQL Conference Notes

2010-03-17T10:00:00Z

Common MySQL Queries -- a useful reference. MySociety's Next 12 Months -- two new projects, FixMyTransport and "Project Fosbury". The latter is a more general tool to help people organise their own campaigns for change. riak -- scalable key-value store with JSON interface. (via joshua on Delicious) Notes from NoSQL Live Boston -- full of juicy nuggets of info...

MySQL migration and risk management - Database expert Ronald Bradford on the pros and cons of migrating from Oracle to MySQL

2010-03-05T14:00:00Z

Ronald Bradford has been guiding DBAs through key aspects of database integration for years. In this Q&A, he discusses the pros and cons of migrating from Oracle to MySQL (hint: it's not just about cost savings). He also weighs in on how Oracle's acquisition of Sun will shape the future of MySQL and its community.

Four short links: 11 January 2010 - Top for MySQL, Project Surprises, and Two Odd Little Programming Languages

2010-01-11T11:00:00Z

mytop -- a MySQL top implementation to show you why your server is so damn slow right now.
What Could Kill Elegant High-Value Participatory Project? -- The problem was not that the system was buggy or hard to use, but that it disrupted staff expectations and behavior....

Give It Up, Monty

2009-12-16T14:52:24Z

Monty Widenius wants his to have his cake, and dual license it, too.

Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

2009-11-04T14:30:00Z

We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

Four short links: 26 October 2009 - Data Exploration, Evidence-Based Coding, API to the English Language, Dual Licensing

2009-10-26T10:00:00Z

Toiling in the Data Mines -- Tom Armitage describes the process that Berg calls "material exploration". "Programmers very rarely talk about what their work feels like to do, and that's a shame. Material explorations are something I've really only done since I've joined BERG, and both times have felt very similar - in that they were very, very different to writing production code for an understood product. They demand code to be used as a sculpting tool, rather than as an engineering material..." This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Four short links: 5 October 2009 - Bozo Cloud Talk, Annotation Fail(ish), Python MySQL Slash, and Infinite Books

2009-10-05T10:00:00Z

Brown Cloud Marketing -- An advertorial "interviewing" the general manager of a company offering "DNS in the cloud". This might be a worthwhile service, but the way he markets it (by saying open source is "freeware" and the market leader is "legacy") reveals a rich vein of bozo. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

Four short links: 24 September 2009 - Historic Cartography, MySQL Futures, Timewarping GDB, Open Source Werewolves

2009-09-24T21:00:00Z

Milestones in the History of Thematic Cartography -- This resource provides a comprehensive view of the history of cartography, with examples of maps created throughout the ages and background information about the contexts within which those maps, visualizations and map making technologies were created. Explore each time period, click on the images and stories found throughout each time line,...

Happening Today - Hands-on: Step-by-step MySQL Clustering Setup - A Free Live Webcast - August 4 at 10am PT / 1pm ET

2009-08-04T14:39:00Z

MySQL's Clustering solution provides some pretty sophisticated functionality. In this webcast we'll take you through getting it up and running on your laptop or single node server, building a sandbox where you can play with the dials and levers and get familiar with all the moving parts. Attendance is limited, so register now!

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OSCON: The saga of MySQL

2009-07-24T16:55:26Z

At OSCON in 2006, I followed sessions that discussed how open source companies would fare when big corporations come in. Back then there were only a handful of examples of big companies purchasing small open source companies. Three years later, we've witnessed MySQL AB get swallowed by Sun, only to have Sun be swallowed by Oracle. Now there are...

MySQL faster, better, and still unified: notes about Sun, Monty Widenius, Percona, and Drizzle

2009-05-22T02:10:07Z

It might have seemed last week, with the announcement of the Open Database Alliance, that MySQL is forking. The ODA promises a "central clearinghouse for MySQL development" and claims to improve on areas where criticism has historically been aimed at MySQL AB/Sun: bug-fixing, performance, and community responsiveness. But what's going on behind the scenes is much more subtle and promises a much better outcome for MySQL.

Four short links: 18 May 2009 - Scientists, Scammers, Satellites, and Safe Havens

2009-05-18T15:00:00Z

Scientists Without Borders -- "Mobilizing Science, Improving Lives". mobilize and coordinate science-based activities that improve quality of life in the developing world. The research community, aid agencies, NGOs, public-private partnerships, and a wide variety of other institutions are already promoting areas such as global health, agricultural progress, and environmental well-being, but current communication gaps restrict their power. Organizations and...

MySQL 2009 conference wrap-up: news flash about Flash and other notes from the experts

2009-04-24T06:11:57Z

MySQL conference wrap-up: Flash, cloud computing, managing large installations, the value of community, and how to fumble your way to winning the presidency.

MySQL conference begins: the resurgence of InnoDB and other current events

2009-04-22T05:39:46Z

I sense a bigger enterprise theme at the MySQL conference this year. The pride of putting up a PHP- or Rails-backed web site lies in the past; now people are concerned with scaling into the clouds (figuratively and literally) and ensuring absolute reliability.

Brian Aker: What Would an IBM Buyout of Sun Mean for MySQL?

2009-03-26T02:18:24Z

MySQL has had a long and sometimes strange journey from an independent database project to being commercialized; then brought to Sun and now possibly moving to a new home again. Brian Aker is the director of technology for MySQL with Sun Microsystems and probably is familiar as anyone with the life history and current status of the popular open-source database. He recently discussed the current status of MySQL with us, and how it might fare if IBM were to acquire Sun.

Read an Excerpt from High Performance MySQL: Winner of a Productivity Award at the 19th Annual Jolt Awards

2009-03-17T18:54:12Z

We're delighted to announce that High Performance MySQL, Second Edition, was awarded a Jolt Productivity Award in the category of Technical Books. The Jolts are the Oscars of the software development industry, showcasing the books, tools, and other products that have "jolted" the industry. Congratulations to the authors of this title. To celebrate, we've posted an excerpt from the book.