MySQL 9.7 LTS: Hypergraph Optimizer Joins Community
MySQL 9.7 LTS unlocks the hypergraph optimizer and JSON Duality View DML for Community Edition. Here's what changed, how to enable it, and ...
Valkey 9.1: 10% Memory Drop, Multi-Tenant ACLs, Redis Migration Guide
Valkey 9.1 cuts per-key memory by up to 10% automatically. New database-level ACLs, TLS cert ...
PostgreSQL 18: Async I/O, UUIDv7, and What’s New
PostgreSQL 18 ships async I/O with 2–3x faster reads, native UUIDv7 generation, RETURNING OLD/NEW support, ...
Valkey 9.1: HGETDEL, MSETEX, and GLIDE Goes C# and PHP
Valkey 9.1 ships HGETDEL, MSETEX, and CLUSTERSCAN — three commands Redis never built. Plus 20% ...
PostgreSQL 19 Beta: Graph Queries, Atomic Upserts, End of pg_repack
PostgreSQL 19 enters beta with SQL/PGQ native graph queries, ON CONFLICT DO SELECT, and REPACK ...
Quack Protocol: DuckDB Client-Server 32x Faster
DuckDB launched Quack on May 12, 2026—an HTTP-based client-server protocol that’s 32x faster than PostgreSQL for bulk analytics. This marks the first time ...
SQLite: Library of Congress Recommended Format
The US Library of Congress named SQLite one of only five recommended storage formats for ...
Database Performance 2026: PostgreSQL vs MySQL vs MongoDB
PostgreSQL dominates 2026 developer adoption at 55.6%, chosen 3:1 for new projects over MySQL. But ...
AWS, Google, Oracle Pick Valkey Over Redis: 33% Cheaper
Cloud providers just rendered their verdict on Redis’s licensing gamble. In Q1 2026, AWS ElastiCache, ...
pgBackRest Abandoned After 13 Years—PostgreSQL Backup Crisis
David Steele archived pgBackRest on April 27, 2026 after sponsorship failed. Thousands of PostgreSQL production ...