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Supercharge Your App: MariaDB In-Memory Tables as a Cache
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Databases
Redis is mainly used as an application cache or a quick-response database.
Packages for Store Routines in MariaDB 11.4
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Databases
MariaDB 11.4 introduced many advanced features. One that grabbed my attention is the general support of packages for stored routines.
Better CRUDs with REPLACE INTO in MariaDB and MySQL
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Databases
Many applications have dozens and sometimes even thousands of CRUD screens (Create, Read, Update, and Delete).
Using Temporary Tables in MariaDB
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Databases
Let’s explore how temporary tables work in MariaDB. First, we have to connect to the server.
High Availability and Resiliency in Databases with MaxScale
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Databases
Mission-critical applications require high availability. The goal of high availability is to provide users with consistent access to services or resources, minimizing the chances of interruption.
Why do We Need Databases and SQL?
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Databases
SQL has a long and proven history. It has survived the fuss around NoSQL.
Fast Analytics with MariaDB ColumnStore
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Databases
Slow query times in large datasets are a common headache in database management.
New book (coming) - MariaDB for Developers
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News
TL;DR: I’m writing a new book on MariaDB for developers, and it will be available in the next few months.
Programming Brain now available in Spanish
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I’m happy to announce that now the whole website is available en Español!
Second website migration
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Today I completed the second migration of my website from Blogger to Hugo (previously from a drag-and-drop platform to Blogger).
A full-fledged development environment with Docker
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Docker allows you to create isolated environments. And not only in production.
A new chapter at MariaDB: Joining the Products Team
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Over the past almost two years, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work with the Marketing team at MariaDB plc as a Developer Advocate.
What is MariaDB?
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SQL Databases
MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system that uses the Structured Query Language (or SQL) to manage and manipulate data.
My experience in Latin America presenting the evolution of MariaDB
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Events Databases
Last week, I had the pleasure of giving a talk at the open source event organized by our partner Imagunet in Colombia.
My experience at Cloud Expo Europe - London 2023
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Events Databases Developer Relations
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Cloud Expo Europe in London with our team at MariaDB, where we promoted SkySQL, our cloud database solution.
Why MariaDB instead of MySQL, PostgreSQL, or MongoDB?
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Can you tell us a little bit about your database and what makes it unique?
ChatGPT as a MariaDB database
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ChatGPT is truly impressive. You can instruct it to do all sorts of things when they can be communicated in plain text.
What is a database proxy?
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DevOps Databases
A proxy is a server software, typically installed in a separate machine, that forwards requests to servers on behalf of clients.
MariaDB replication demo
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DevOps Databases
Database replication is a process that copies data from one database (primary) to another (replica).
Building a Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi (with automation)
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DevOps
Some months ago, I was lucky enough to get a bunch of Raspberry Pi minicomputers from MariaDB Corporation.
How to start a web server using Java
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Programming
Do you want to start a basic HTTP server to serve the files in a directory on your machine using Java?
What is JPA?
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Programming Databases
JPA stands for Jakarta Persistence API (previously, Java Persistence API). It’s an API specification for database connectivity in Java applications.
What is a database connection pool?
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Programming Databases
A database connection pool stores ready-to-use database connections that threads can borrow when they need them, and return when they finish the work with the database.
How to execute SQL queries from Java (and prevent SQL injections)
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Programming Databases
To run SQL queries in Java, you need a Connection object.