Deploying the MariaDB Privacy-First Stack Anywhere with Terraform
In my previous post, I introduced the MariaDB Privacy-First Stack.
Nextcloud for collaboration, Passbolt for passwords and secrets, and MariaDB Server for the data. …
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From PostgreSQL 12 to MariaDB 11: A Gradual Fintech Migration with 23% Lower TCO
Database migrations are rarely only about replacing one database server with another.
In real production systems, especially in fintech, a migration is usually about reducing risk, keeping the application online, improving scalability, and giving teams more room to evolve the architecture without freezing product development. …
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MariaDB 13.1 Feature in Focus: Validate Your Configuration Before Starting the Server
Have you ever modified a MariaDB configuration file, restarted the service, and immediately regretted it?
You wanted to change:
but accidentally wrote:
One missing letter.
That is enough to turn a perfectly healthy database server into a service that refuses to start. …
MariaDB Hidden Gem: Online Schema Change without pt-osc
When people hear “online schema change” in the MySQL and MariaDB world, many immediately think about pt-online-schema-change. And for good reasons: for years, changing a large table in production was one of those tasks that could ruin your day. …
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MariaDB 13.1 Feature in Focus: BLOB, TEXT, JSON and GEOMETRY Support in the HEAP Engine
Some contributions improve MariaDB Server by adding new capabilities.
Some go further: they start from a concrete production problem with an existing feature, not a bug, but a design limitation, solve it upstream, and leave the whole ecosystem better off. …
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