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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Dispelling some unintentional MySQL FUD

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There are three types of FUD: the first and more genuine is (#1) the intentional spreading of falsehood , mostly to gain some marketing a...
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A world of ebooks

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I am a bibliophile , or, to say it in plain English, a book lover. I have been collecting books since I was in first grade. I read books ...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

How MySQL Workbench breaks itself

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Once upon a time, there was a policy in MySQL not to add new features after the beta stage. To my surprise, MySQL Workbench 5.2.30 introdu...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

How to create a private cloud in your laptop

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Everybody is moving to cloud architectures, although not all agree on what cloud computing is. In my limited understanding, and for the pur...
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Friday, November 12, 2010

Filtering binary logs with MySQL Sandbox and replication

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A few days ago, a friend of mine asked me if I knew of a way of filtering a bunch of binary logs, to extract only statements related to a si...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Speaking at the UK Oracle User Group conference - Birmingham

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Back to the conference circuit after some rest. On December 1st I will be speaking under my new affiliation at Continuent in the MySQL tr...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

Testing MySQL 5.5 semi-synchronous replication

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A few days ago I saw an article about Semi-Synchronous Replication in MySQL 5.5 . It asks questions, and doesn't give answers beyond gut...
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Tuesday, November 02, 2010

QA at Continuent. A serendipitous job.

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A few days ago, I left the MySQL team at Oracle , after more than 4 years of work dedicated mostly to the MySQL community. Someone will p...
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Monday, November 01, 2010

Book review: MySQL 5.1 plugin development

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MySQL 5.1 Plugin Development , by Sergei Golubchik and Andrew Hutchings. Packt Publishing, 2010. Executive summary: Highly recommended....
Saturday, October 09, 2010

My wish list for OpenSQLCamp, Boston 2010

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On Friday, October 15 th , the third OpenSQLCamp in North America will start at 6pm with a social event and then continue with more tec...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

A funny recipe.

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According to a recent book about MySQL, this is the recipe to convert an IP address into an integer, with the purpose of using it as server-...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Book review : SQL Antipatterns

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SQL Antipatterns, by Bill Karwin I remember that when I finished reading The Lord Of The Rings, I felt a pang of disappointment. "What...
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Monday, July 12, 2010

OpenSQLCamp EU 2010 - Vote your favorite sessions

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The deadline for the OpenSQLCamp CfP is over. Now it's time to submit your votes . As we did last year, the procedure is public and t...
Monday, July 05, 2010

More on the open core : the pragmatic view

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I joined the number of those who have a public opinion on the open core debate. Roberto Galoppini has graciously accepted to host a post...

Speaking in the US - San Francisco User Group - Community Summit - OSCON

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On July 15th and 16th I will be in San Francisco for a few meetings, and it will be my pleasure to meet the San Francisco MySQL User Group...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

OpenSQLCamp EU 2010 - Last days to submit a talk

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There is still time and hope if you want to present at the OpenSQLCamp 2010, European edition . The Call for Participation is open until ...
Monday, June 28, 2010

MySQL Sandbox embraces Python and meets Cluster

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If you have tried Quick start guides: MySQL cluster in 10 minutes , you may have realized that it is really quick and easy. However, it l...
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Friday, June 25, 2010

Quick start guides: MySQL cluster in 10 minutes

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Scared of MySQL Cluster? Don't be. You may want to try the quick start guides that are available in the Cluster downloads page. The...
Saturday, June 19, 2010

Welcome googleCL

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I am writing this blog post with Vim, my favorite editor, instead of using the online editor offered by blogger. And I am uploading this po...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

Free software and business in Sardinia

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On June 10th and 11th I attended two interesting workshops, both related to the Italian Free Software conference, and both organized by priv...
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