Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Nov 12, 2008
(Note: updated with the presentation video on 11/15/2008)
At LISA 2008, I gave a presentation entitled “How to Stop Hating MySQL: Fixing Common Mistakes and Myths”.
The presentation slides can be downloaded as a PDF at:
http://technocation.org/files/doc/stophatingmysql.pdf
View the video online at http://technocation.org/node/646/play or download the 202.5 MB Flash video file (.flv) directly at http://technocation.org/node/646/download.
Here are some notes and links I referred to:
Technocation, Inc containing free videos, a MySQL podcast (currently on hiatus) and blog posts about MySQL.
Why you want to switch to MySQL 5.1
How MySQL Uses Memory
Query Cache Configuration
EXPLAIN manual page
EXPLAIN cheatsheet
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Jul 24, 2008
Exceptional Software Explained: Embrace Error, by Robert “r0ml” Lefkowitz of Asurion. One of the contenders for “best open source comedian”, r0ml delivers a humorous look at the past and future of software development models. This keynote was delivered at OSCon 2008 on Tuesday evening.
Play this 20 minute video directly in your browser at http://technocation.org/node/577/play or download the 286 Mb file directly at http://technocation.org/node/577/download.
Posted by Sheeri Cabral on Jul 24, 2008
Brian Aker gives the “zinger” lightning talk about the newly announced “Drizzle”. This short (under 8 minutes) video captures Aker’s highlights of why he started the Drizzle project and how Drizzle is different from MySQL — both in what has been removed from MySQL and what features Drizzle can accomodate.
Play the video directly in your browser at http://technocation.org/node/576/play or download the 116 Mb file at http://technocation.org/node/576/download.
