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on 1/2/2014, 1:45 am,
by Colin Charles,
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MySQL.
I wish more discussion happened on the internals mailing list, but if you’re interested in finding out what’s upcoming/changing in MySQL 5.7, so far the best resources I’ve found are:
I like this “train” development model, but I wonder how it really syncs with the labs releases. Multi-source replication is still against 5.7.2?
Posted
on 1/2/2014, 1:28 am,
by Colin Charles,
under
General.
- A potential to end HIV/AIDS: Pledge to the Immunity Project.
- A designer tells you how to knock off his luxury bags. Harder than it looks :-)
- Diabetes is everywhere; a smart contact lens from Google? Looks interesting. I’m not sure diabetics are allowed to wear contact lenses to begin with, but I have to say, interesting to watch.
- Blogger nails a major problem with facebook’s newsfeed – I can’t agree more. Why do people buy fans? Why do people then buy post boosts? He wants his Facebook friends back.
- Why Southeast Asia’s Boom is a Bubble-Driven Illusion.
- I really enjoyed reading this Jason Calacanis piece about how techbrats do not represent the tech industry. This is a great piece; Malaysia (and even Asia) can learn a lot from this.
- The Google Technology Stack is a pretty good read. It’s missing information on Spanner, but I’d say it’s a good resource.
- How to become uber productive while working for yourself. It talks a lot about fake work (browsing, etc.), email isn’t work (yes!), how to set good goals, but what stands out is the grouping of tasks (that I think is unique/smart). I wish that when I’m in KL I can walk around more, though that’s where I drive; but in newer cities, this makes a lot of sense. And of course, close those tabs!
- The one reason why most startups fail. Quite simply, this whole “building runway” and trying to monetize users is a tough business (the exception, not the rule). It’s like they say in Jerry McGuire, “Show me the money!!!”.
- UK Government plans to switch from Microsoft Office to open source. They spent over 200m UKP since 2010 for the office suite alone! I like how they mention OpenOffice.org, but I’m a bit concerned that Google Docs isn’t the best solution (its free, not open source).
- Work-life haven: why entrepreneurs and digital nomads are settling in Bali. I love Bali, I had no idea there was a tech scene there too. Might interesting.
- More for productivity: The Origin of the 8 Hour Work Day and Why We Should Rethink It.
- Value is created by doing. Stuff that feels like work, isn’t.
- On The Death of Expertise.
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Posted
on 23/1/2014, 8:43 pm,
by Colin Charles,
under
Tech.
iTunes is fixed now (11.1.3) but somewhere in-between it broke and deleted all of my podcast downloads as well as the subscriptions. It has been over four months that I’ve gone without listening to podcasts and I can’t say that I miss it hugely. Audiobooks (on phone, in gym particularly), Spotify and Rdio have taken its place.
This means a lot to me – I always thought that podcasting could be big business. Maybe its just niche business?
Apple engineering needs to QA this stuff. It’s not hard. There should be test harnesses. Heck, just testing the damn upgrade.
In other news, the up arrow key seems dodgy again on my Macbook Air. It is still only 11 months old and this is the second time its happening. I will have to find time to walk into an Apple Store to get an immediate replacement (something we can’t do in Malaysia/Singapore obviously).
Overall feeling on the Apple experience in these terms: relatively negative. Am I going to give up their stuff? No. There’s a more positive post on Apple coming soon.
Posted
on 21/1/2014, 7:15 am,
by Colin Charles,
under
MariaDB,
MySQL.
The OpenBSD Foundation is raising funds – they’ve got a goal of USD$150,000 (so far they’ve achieved $100,000). A few days ago they had potential trouble keeping the lights on for this secure BSD distribution, and today they’re all set in terms of electricity to power servers and looking for more around project expansion.
If you dig MariaDB, it’s worth noting that MySQL 5.1.73 ships and the MariaDB branch in the ports tree is currently at MariaDB 10.0.7. Previously they shipped MariaDB 5.5.
Donate to keep the lights on for this secure BSD distribution. Many thanks to Brad Smith for packaging MySQL & MariaDB!
Posted
on 20/1/2014, 7:50 pm,
by Colin Charles,
under
MariaDB,
MySQL.
FOSDEM happens this year, February 1&2 2014. This year is a special year as it is the 10th anniversary: great content in the schedule, you must pre-register for dinner (lot’s of wonderful Belgian food & drink), and we have a shared booth in the expo hall.
Read more about the event with a wonderful post by Kenny. Again, much thanks to Liz, dim0, Kenny, Frederic for organising the venue, and the sponsors Oracle/SkySQL/Percona.
SkySQL is well represented:
- 13:35-14:05 – MariaDB CONNECT Storage engine – Serge Frezefond
- 15:35-16:05 – SPIDER Storage Engine – Colin Charles, Stephane Varoqui
- 18:05-18:35 – OSM data in MySQL – Hartmut Holzgraefe
- 18:35-19:05 – MaxScale, the Pluggable Router – Massimiliano Pinto, Vilho Raatikka
See you all at the Friday beer event on 31.01.2013!
Posted
on 16/1/2014, 5:50 am,
by Colin Charles,
under
MySQL.
I was surprised to see that there is a 0.8.4 alpha release of MySQL Proxy released just a few days ago (it has been quiet for more than a year). Download it. Many of the bugs fixed are only referenced in an internal bug tracker according to the changelog. There are still about 83 bugs open in the public tracker. I reckon it is good news since it means its still getting some love from the Oracle MySQL team.
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