Comments on Jonathan Levin's Axioms: How to Make MySQL Cool Again

Hi, Didn't read your entire article, but I did...

2011-09-20T00:43:11.147+01:00

Hi,
Didn't read your entire article, but I didn't spot any mention of MariaDB

See http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-versus-mysql-features

and

http://kb.askmonty.org/en/dynamic-columns which are presumably a means to use 'mysql' in a NoSQL manner...

David.

Fascinating post, thank you.

2011-04-04T11:26:51.110+01:00

Fascinating post, thank you.

If you need some sharding, you can use ScaleBase - it works with any programming language, and with your existing BI tools, MySQL Workbench, etc.

Hi, Thanks to your links to Flexviews and Shard-Q...

2011-03-29T16:18:37.638+01:00

Hi,

Thanks to your links to Flexviews and Shard-Query.

Thank you for that, Robert. I guess there is some...

2011-03-29T15:24:32.506+01:00

Thank you for that, Robert.

I guess there is some wisdom in that "relearning the problem" part of your comment. I look forward to it.

Hi! Thanks for the mention about Tungsten Replica...

2011-03-28T20:57:00.104+01:00

Hi! Thanks for the mention about Tungsten Replicator. We Tungsten guys are all over the problem of making MySQL cool again. You framed the issue perfectly.

I would add one more suggestion for ensuring a return to coolness: give it a little time. Many of the things that people don't like about SQL databases (example: defined schema) are there for a reason but sometimes we have to relearn the problems that those features solve to appreciate them fully.