http://www.xaprb.com/blog Stay curious! Fri, 16 May 2008 02:31:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The title of MySQL's website states that they are the world's most popular open-source database. This is false; MySQL is not an open-source database. That assertion is a fact, not an opinion. MySQL is Free Software, licensed under the GNU GPL. People frequently use the two phrases "Free ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/14/mysql-free-software-but-not-open-source/ Update: Karanbir says "Just one thing to keep in mind is that we dont want too many people using it from the Testing repository - we only need enough feedback to move it from testing to stable ( and to be honest, there are already 8 people who have ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/13/maatkit-in-rhel-and-centos/ I just got the rest of the production schedule from the publisher, plus the PDF files for quality control, for our upcoming book. (Now I have to proofreeed the whole book!) This is the first time I've seen the entire production schedule. The book is supposed to ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/07/high-performance-mysql-second-edition-schedule/ Joel Spolsky writes about 12 steps to better code, and elsewhere about how candidates should write code in interviews. The reverse conditions are true, too. If you're a candidate, you should evaluate the employer against the 12 steps, and you should also see code samples. How else will you ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/04/you-have-the-right-to-see-code-samples-in-an-interview/ Yesterday I went to beCamp 2008 along with four roomfuls of other people interested in technology (perhaps close to 100 people total). The conference was a lot of fun. Not everything went as planned, but that was as planned. This was an Open Spaces conference and I ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/04/summary-of-becamp-2008/ Zack Urlocker says MySQL 5.1 has zero bugs. He may have been misquoted, or quoted out of context, but there it is. I'll quote enough of it that you can't take it out of context twice: Mickos also said MySQL 5.1 has upgraded its reliability and ease of use ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/02/news-flash-mysql-51-has-zero-bugs/ I'm going to be at beCamp 2008, the followup to the first beCamp, which I sadly missed. beCamp is a BarCamp un-conference. Tonight was about meeting, greeting, and throwing ideas at the wall to see which ones stick. Literally. We stuck pieces of paper on the wall with ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/02/come-to-becamp-2008/ If you're waiting for High Performance MySQL Second Edition to hit the shelf, you're not the only one. I am too! I can't wait to actually hold it in my hands. But you don't have to wait idly. No, not at all! You can pre-order it and ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/05/02/pre-order-high-performance-mysql-second-edition/ Download MySQL Cacti templates As promised, I've created some improved software for monitoring MySQL via Cacti. I began using the de facto MySQL Cacti templates a while ago, but found some things I needed to improve about them. As time passed, I rewrote everything from scratch. The resulting ... http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/27/improved-cacti-monitoring-templates-for-mysql/ I did an interview with Barton George from Sun while I was at the conference last week. Barton has now posted the interview. If you're quick, you can listen to it before I do. Topics: everything and anything, including Maatkit and PostgreSQL. http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2008/04/25/baron-schwartz-on-a-podcast-at-mysql-conference-and-expo-2008/