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MariaDB shortens maintenance period from 5 to 3 years
Somehow this news slipped past me: MariaDB has shortened the support period for the long-term releases of the MariaDB Community Server from 5 to 3 years. OK, I guess that’s…
MariaDB Connector/C 3.4.9, and 3.3.19 now available
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of MariaDB Connector/C 3.4.9, and 3.3.19. Download Now Notable items: Notable items: See the release notes and changelogs for more details and…
MariaDB Vector Support Upstreamed to Open-WebUI: Single-Database RAG Just Got Faster and Simpler
At Shattered Silicon, we live at the intersection of high-performance databases and production-grade AI. As an open-source contributor in the MariaDB ecosystem and a serious player bridging relational databases with…
MariaDB Server 12.3, 11.8, 11.4, 10.11, 10.6 – May 2026’s releases: thank you for your contributions
On May… we have released an update of our 5 current LTS releases: These new releases contain a large amount of external contributions. The number of contributors is constantly growing,…
File and post data confusion in PHP
PHP has several superglobal variables which contain values from the request or the environment. These differ in whether they contain trustworthy data or not:
MariaDB Node.js Connector 3.5.3 and 3.4.6 now available
MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/Node.js 3.5.3 and 3.4.6 GA releases. Download Now MariaDB Connector/Node.js 3.5.3 is a Stable (GA) release. Notable changes in…
Comprehensive Self-Service Backups for Continuous Data Protection in MariaDB Cloud
The MariaDB Cloud Backup Service provides organizations with a fully managed service for continuous data protection, mitigating risks from hardware failure, zonal disruptions, data corruption, and cyberattacks. By offering a…
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…
Managing ClickHouse Resources in Multi-Tenant Environments
When people first deploy ClickHouse, their initial reaction is often surprise. Queries that used to take minutes now finish in seconds. Dashboards feel instant even when reading billions of rows.…
Percona Operator for MySQL (PXC) 1.20.0: Automatic Storage Resizing, TLS Certificate Rotation, and ARM64 Support
Percona Operator for MySQL PXC 1.20.0 is out today, and it addresses three long-requested operational headaches: storage that grows on its own before it fills up, TLS certificates that rotate…
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…
SpacemiT K3 is a compelling RISC-V AI CPU, but difficult to buy
The RISC-V CPU architecture has been gaining a lot of popularity since it launched in 2014, and now that the industry is standardizing on the RVA23 level that includes vector…
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…
Inserting in Two Tables in a Single Round-Trip with JSON Duality Views in MySQL 9.7
A few months ago, I was asking myself how to insert in two tables in a single round-trip to the database. I wanted to do that to optimize a process. …
Inserting in Two Tables in a Single Round-Trip with JSON Duality Views in MySQL 9.7
A few months ago, I was asking myself how to insert in two tables in a single round-trip to the database. I wanted to do that to optimize a process. …