Databases in production: choosing, running and securing SQL and NoSQL systems, and planning for end of life.
Four major open source databases are hitting end-of-life milestones in 2026, and MySQL 8.0 has already crossed that line. Here's a practical, code-first look at how to audit what you're running, back it up properly, and migrate before the risk compounds.
Learn how to use AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor to speed up development, cut boilerplate, and ship faster — without becoming dependent on the machine.
MariaDB vs MySQL in 2026 — what the Oracle acquisition changed, what MariaDB has been quietly building, and whether the fork is now the better choice.
Redis is an in-memory data structure store used as a cache, message broker, session store, rate limiter, and real-time leaderboard engine. I dropped it into production as a cache before I understood what it actually was. Here is what it is, how it works, and what it does well.
MySQL runs WordPress, which runs 43% of the web. It runs Facebook's original backend, YouTube, and GitHub. It is also a database with genuine quirks that bite people who do not know about them. Here is the full picture.
A database is organized data with a system for storing, retrieving, and modifying it reliably. Every application you have ever used depends on one. Here is how they actually work, what the different types do, and what separates a well-designed schema from one that will wreck you at scale.
