If you’ve been around the MariaDB community for a while, you can probably feel it already: things are moving in the right direction. And no, I’m not talking about one vanity metric, one lucky spike, or one noisy social post.…
As a former MySQL DBA, I am less familiar with some MariaDB details. Also, the evolution of MariaDB Server is ongoing, with many new features, data types, and syntax, and more… I decided then to create a new blog series…
We are pleased to announce the availability of a preview of the MariaDB 13.0 series. MariaDB 13.0 is a preview rolling release, published on 23 March 2026, and it continues the work started in 12.3 while adding a solid set…
I am starting a new series on what makes MariaDB Server distinct from MySQL, highlighting innovations that make the difference. MariaDB 12.3 introduces a new binary log implementation that stores binlog events directly in InnoDB-managed tablespaces rather than in separate…
We recently asked the MariaDB community a simple question: Where do you run MariaDB most in production? The responses give a useful snapshot of how MariaDB is deployed today across our community: The big takeaway: MariaDB remains strongly infrastructure-aware The…
When dealing with queries in MariaDB, there are several approaches, such as the general query log, the slow query log, and the performance_schema. The general query log is not recommended as it doesn’t contain much valuable information and can use…
You may have noticed that MySQL Workbench has not been actively developed for a long time… You can see the number of open bugs. And the number of commits illustrates this too: In fact, Workbench has been put out of…
This post was originally published on MariaDB.org. We recently asked the community: “Which MySQL-compatibility feature would you most like to see in the next MariaDB release?” A big thank you to everyone who voted. We received 506 votes, and the…
Over the last few days, I’ve seen more than a few comments and questions about what the MariaDB Foundation is supposed to do — and what it should do when something in the wider MariaDB ecosystem changes. I am referring…
I recently tested MariaDB’s plugin architecture to add functions for UUIDs. My friend Daniël took a look at the GitHub repo and left me some insightful comments, which I addressed in issue #1. If you know me, you may know…
At the end of my first day at MariaDB, I wanted to investigate a bit on how easy it is to extend MariaDB Server with extensions. As for MySQL, MariaDB can be extended with plugins. MariaDB has no component infrastructure,…
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…