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Testing, Benchmarking, Evaluating

Ronald Bradford
March 5, 2025

Testing and benchmarking are widely used terms in software technology, each serving a distinct purpose and goal. With the increasing adoption of AI in software development, the term evaluating has become significant and with this the re-emergence of what is quality assurance.

Databases Kaleidoscope 2010 MySQL Oracle/MySQL Conferences

Improving MySQL Productivity – From Design to Implementation

Ronald Bradford
July 1, 2010

My closing presentation at the dedicated MySQL track at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 discussed various techniques and best practices for improving the ROI of developer resources using MySQL. Included in the sections on Design, Security, Development, Testing, Implementation, Instrumentation and Support were also a number of horror stories of not what to do, combined with practical examples of improving productivity.