I needed to start mysql without privileges after a database restore today, and while confirming the correct option which was –skip-grant-tables I came across an option which made me laugh.
$ mysqld --verbose --help
...
--sporadic-binlog-dump-fail
Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of
replication.
...
And here is the Official Manual Entry
VillageSQL published Access MySQL over MCP with vsql-mcp . The extension serves the Model Context Protocol from inside the database, so an agent talks to MySQL over Streamable HTTP without a sidecar holding a credential.
Read moreFor this quick verification of the 0.0.7 development branch of VillageSQL with the new vsql-vector plugin. Recreate the VillageSQL Percona Live presentation using MySQL version 8.4 and SVECTOR. Demonstrate a more detailed example using SVECTOR(1024) string embedded data.
Read moreAt PyCon AU 2026 , the presentation Your Python container is 90% stuff you didn’t ask for by Scott Norris at Chainguard really exposed the impact of being lazy in container management for security purposes.
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