
Focusing on Percona Server 8.4.11-11 My previous post (Performance Progression of Percona Server for MySQL 8.4) did a brief review of the performance changes in Percona Server for MySQL 8.4 released in 2026. I recommend reading it first to…


Oracle has released version 27 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the second non-LTS release since JDK 25, the final feature set includes nine JEPs, five of which are still progressing through the preview and…
Over the past few years, I have been working on assessing the strengths and weaknesses of PostgreSQL migration tools. Several articles published by yours truly led to the ambitious project I have been pursuing since 2024 with my colleagues…
`max_locks_per_transaction` isn't about transactions or limits—it sizes the cluster-wide lock table, and its misleading name has confused PostgreSQL users for…