It's an open source venture backed by $35M from FirstMark Capital, Spark Capital, and GV (Google Ventures). It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.
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otto@programming.dev · 16 pts · 197d
I wouldn't be surprised to see multiple MySQL forks emerge in 2026, now that more people are realizing how bad Oracle has been as an open source project steward for MySQL.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 24 pts · 197d
In my mind when I see MySQL somewhere it actually means MariaDB. It's also the default in Debian. Probably in other distributions as well. Or maybe Percona.
digdilem@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 197d
Agree. Although Mariadb has drifted significantly (and with very good reason) in terms code, features and SQL - I still mentally parse "Mysql" as "MariaDb". It's one of the best forks I've ever encountered in all my time using foss. I currently maintain around 80 MariaDb servers and have remarkably few problems.
Much as I like to see variety in software, I do kind of wish more recognition of MariaDb was given, and more support.
otto@programming.dev · 2 pts · 196d
MariaDB has a lot of users, and they should be more vocal about it to give it more visibility.
maplesaga@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 189d
When would I use Mysql over postgres?