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Iheanyi Ekechukwu, David Graham, Ayrton

PlanetScale now supports IP restrictions for database passwords as another tool to operate your database securely.


Rafer Hazen

How we built a scalable telemetry pipeline with Apache Kafka and PlanetScale.


Sam Lambert [@samlambert]

Databases can cost your company millions if they don’t function as they should. What are the biggest pitfalls, and how can you avoid them?


Justin Gage

A guide on what slows developers down, why it matters, and how a better database can unlock developer productivity.


Mike Coutermarsh

In this tech talk, we demo how to build your own CI/CD pipelines, where to incorporate the database, and why the database has historically been left out of CI/CD.


Mike Coutermarsh

Learn how to solve a tree traversal N+1 query problem in your Rails application.


Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig]

See how Scaler Pro combines the best of our current plans for companies of all sizes while enabling you to grow with the best database for serverless.


PlanetScale

Sharding and partitioning are two common ways to improve performance, manageability, and availability of larger databases.


Taylor Barnett

This video is an introduction to the PlanetScale database platform and how it can increase developer velocity, including a demo of features, such as branching, deploy requests, and query insights.


Sam Lambert [@samlambert]

A detailed description of the multi-layered approach PlanetScale takes to ensure your data is safe.


Matt Lord

In this release of Vitess, several significant enhancements have been introduced to improve the compatibility, performance, and usability of the system.


Brian Morrison II

PlanetScale and Hightouch cover how you can make use of one of your most valuable company assets: product data.


Aaron Francis

Learn the differences between datetimes and timestamps in MySQL, the DATE, YEAR, and TIME columns, timezones, and when to use each.


Aaron Francis

Creating generated hash columns in MySQL for faster strict equality lookups.


Matthieu Napoli

Learn how to integrate PlanetScale with Node applications built using the Serverless Framework on AWS.


Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig]

PlanetScale has deepened its relationship with AWS to benefit customers who use AWS services, officially joining the AWS ISV Accelerate Program!


Brian Morrison II

Learn how to sync data between PlanetScale and other platforms using Hightouch.


Aaron Francis

Using redundant conditions as a method to unlock obfuscated indexes and improve performance in MySQL.


Andres Taylor

See how Vitess acts as a database proxy that creates an illusion of a single database when technically, the query is sent to multiple MySQL instances.


Holly Guevara [@hollylawly]

Learn about the latest updates we made to our database overview page: load balancers, shards, and more.


Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig]

Explore the evolution of “Database DevOps” and its impact on development workflows in this tech talk.


Nick Van Wiggeren [@NickVanWig]

We’re excited to announce that PlanetScale is now available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.


Aaron Francis

Understanding the differences between character sets and collations in MySQL.


Matt Lord

Learn the main differences between MariaDB and MySQL, why you might choose one over the other, scaling options, and how Vitess fits into the picture.


Taylor Barnett

Learn about safely using the expand, migrate, and contract pattern to make database schema changes without downtime and data loss.