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VillageSQL, the newest MySQL fork built around the concept of extensions (villagesql.com)

submitted 2 months ago by otto@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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It's an open source venture backed by $35M from FirstMark Capital, Spark Capital, and GV (Google Ventures). It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.

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[–] otto@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

MariaDB has a lot of users, and they should be more vocal about it to give it more visibility.