I joined the MariaDB Foundation
Last Friday was my last day at Oracle. Today is my first day at MariaDB.org! Of course, this move is a big surprise for many people, but not for me, and it might not be for those following the MySQL…
lefred
I am MySQL Community Manager for EMEA & APAC. I joined the MySQL Community Team in May 2016. I have been an OpenSource and MySQL consultant for more than 15 years. My favorite topics are High Availability and Performance.
Native Password Legacy for 9.6
In the previous article, I shared a solution for people who want to try the latest and greatest MySQL version. We just released MySQL Innovation 9.6, and for those willing to test it with their old application and require the…
Old app, new database… am I screwed?
Who has never encountered a customer who, for all sorts of reasons (valid or not), was unable to update an application and therefore could no longer connect to the latest versions of MySQL? Or worse still, data that is shared…
preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days 2026 – Agenda
I am pleased to unveil the agenda for our two days dedicated to MySQL and its community just before FOSDEM. The preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days will take place on January 29 and 30th in Brussels. We received many excellent proposals…
Deploying on OCI with the starter kit – part 9 (deploying a full app)
We have reached the end of our series on deploying to OCI using the Hackathon Starter Kit. For this last article, we will see how to deploy an application using Helidon (Java), the MySQL REST Service, and OCI GenAI with…