Percona Database Performance Blog runs this post – MySQL vs. MariaDB: Reality Check – comparing the MySQL, MariaDB and the Percona Server for MySQL. I think that most people using MySQL or MariaDB today consider them to be pretty much identical (a fork for legal reasons or something along those lines). This blog post shows that … Continue reading MySQL vs. MariaDB: Reality Check
“Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs” is one of those quick and easy guides to the modern world of JavaScript, written for people who learned to code in the language back in the 90’s and now have to come back or manage those hipster kids who use JavaScript as the only solution to every problem. As … Continue reading Modern JavaScript Explained For Dinosaurs
I’ve trained more people on the subject of pull requests than I care to remember. But I’ve never came close to explaining the best practices as well as this Slack Engineering blog post does: Basically, your reviewer is totally missing context, and it is your pull request’s job to give them that context. You have a … Continue reading On Empathy & Pull Requests
There is a whole lot of online image editors. Some are very simple and only allow one to crop or rotate and image. Others are super powerful, almost replacing all of the Adobe PhotoShop functionality. There are also a few which are in between and were built for a very specific purpose or two. DesignEvo … Continue reading DesignEvo – free online logo maker
Have a look at Red9’s Database Popularity Index, which is updated now on a monthly basis. Last year I blogged about a similar study. One thing that is still mind-boggling to me is the total number of different database engines – over 300! I know there is a constant need for better and more powerful … Continue reading Database Popularity Index