Oracle is the sole proprietor of MySQL, but its community has critiqued its governance. Without improvements, the DBMS risks irrelevance.

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Getting input from users is one of the first skills every Python programmer learns. Whether you’re building a console app, validating numeric data, or collecting values in a GUI, Python’s input() ...

In today’s data-driven world, databases form the backbone of modern applications—from mobile apps to enterprise systems. Understanding the different types of databases and their applications is ...

Are you worried about missing out on running workloads on older versions of MySQL after the community ends official support? Well, there’s finally some good news for you. Microsoft today announced a ...

LangExtract lets users define custom extraction tasks using natural language instructions and high-quality “few-shot” examples. This empowers developers and analysts to specify exactly which entities, ...

In a cautionary tale for vibe coders, an app-building platform's AI went rogue and deleted a database without permission during a code freeze. Jason Lemkin was using Replit for more than a week when ...

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Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. As developers migrate their old Java Persistence API applications to JPA 3, their progress is ...

Tessell, a startup developing a multi-cloud database-as-a-service, has raised $60 million in a new funding round led by WestBridge Capital ahead of its plans to expand its market presence and launch ...

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