Database Insights

MySQL generates multiple log files that will fill your disk if left unmanaged. Here's how to configure logrotate correctly for MySQL error logs, slow query logs, and binary logs.

ProxySQL maintains a rich internal stats schema that most teams never fully explore. Here's how to use ProxySQL's built-in monitoring to track query latency, backend health, and connection pool utilization.

MySQL 8 dramatically improved JSON support with functions that eliminate the need for application-side parsing. Here are 10 JSON functions that will transform how you work with JSON columns in MySQL.