Database Insights

MySQL 8.0 significantly improved geospatial support with SRID-aware columns, spatial reference systems, and accurate geographic distance calculations. Here's how to use it in production.

Running MongoDB without TLS exposes your data to network interception and man-in-the-middle attacks. Here's how to configure TLS/SSL across your MongoDB replica set.

Implement zero-downtime database migrations with versioning strategies. Learn about Flyway, Liquibase, schema evolution patterns, and rollback strategies.

Set up MySQL Galera Cluster for synchronous multi-master replication — configuration, split-brain avoidance, and monitoring

Master horizontal and vertical partitioning, plus database sharding strategies for handling billions of records. Learn partition pruning, shard key selection, and cross-shard query optimization.

Evaluate PlanetScale for MySQL workloads — Vitess-based branching, non-blocking schema changes, and pricing

Navigate the open source database landscape. Compare MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Cassandra with detailed feature analysis and selection criteria.

MySQL 8.0 exposes error logs through performance_schema.error_log — enabling SQL-based filtering by severity, component, and timestamp without grep-ing log files.

PgBouncer is the most widely deployed PostgreSQL connection pooler — lightweight, battle-tested, and straightforward to configure. Here's how to get it running in production.

MySQL's ecosystem includes three main logical backup tools — mysqldump, mysqlpump, and mydumper. Each has distinct performance characteristics, parallelism support, and compatibility trade-offs.

Deploy enterprise-grade MySQL high availability with InnoDB Cluster. Learn Group Replication integration, MySQL Router configuration, and automatic failover setup.

MySQL InnoDB tablespace encryption (TDE) encrypts data pages on disk without changing application code — using a two-tier keyring architecture that separates the master key from table keys.