DuckDB Storage Engine for MariaDB. When the Sea Lion Learns to Quack.

An early look at the DuckDB storage engine for MariaDB — columnar, vectorized analytics that live right next to your transactional tables.
The problem
MariaDB’s InnoDB is excellent at what it was built for: transactions. …

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MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champions Nominees: Mark Callaghan

Interview with Mark Callaghan, nominated in the Technical Excellence category.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Mark Callaghan, recently nominated for the MariaDB Sea Lion Champions program in the “Technical Excellence” …

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MariaDB Foundation Sea Lion Champions Nominees: Sumit Srivastava

Interview with Sumit Srivastava, nominated in the Adoption & Industry Impact category.
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sumit Srivastava, SVP Business Development & Products at Tayana, a Bangalore-based telecom software company. …

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The Power Of The Community!

A proper comparison of the distinct committers to MariaDB and MySQL repositories since Q1 2025.

MariaDB Hidden Gem: Create Aggregate Function

Have you ever written a query where the GROUP BY was easy, but the aggregate was the problem?
You know how to group the rows.You know what result you want for each group.But none of the built-in aggregate functions really match your logic. …

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