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To BLOB or not to BLOB? The image storage dilemma

Jul 6, 2025

Years ago, it was extremely common to store user-uploaded images and other multimedia contents in a database. This practice became less common over time, but I still hear questions like: would it be a bad idea to store images in our database? Or, more specifically:...

MariaDB 11.8 LTS: Parallel Dumps, PARSEC authentication, new SQL syntaxes, and more

Jun 18, 2025

MariaDB released a new Long Term Support version as Generally Available: 11.8. I always review MariaDB LTS versions once they're GA, so it's time to write a new review. Support and timeline MariaDB 11.8 is the latest Long Term Support version (LTS). The...

Query Optimisation: Using indexes for WHERE with multiple conditions

Jun 5, 2025

You have a beautiful application, but a page is slow. After some investigation, you find out that a query is unexpectedly slow, ruining user experience and causing frustration for you. It is a simple query with a WHERE clause and nothing else. You tried to build an...

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