At the recent leaders summit of world leaders in Oracle, Java and MySQL user communities I gave a presentation on Why Upgrade to MySQL 5.5
This is a more high level overview presentation, specifically designed for Oracle resources with little to no knowledge about MySQL, however it provides a great management approach to the consideration of using the current MySQL GA version.
I have a more detailed technical presentation from last year on Reasons to Use MySQL 5.5 .
For 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.
Read morePyCon AU 2026 held in Brisbane this week was a five day event for the Python community. With specialized tracks and dedicated tutorial and engineering days there was a wide variety of content available.
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