Village News: MySQL/Database News + Events (5 June 2026)
As part of building the MySQL Community, we are going to publish a curated overview of MySQL and database news and events that you might have missed over the last period.
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MySQL News:
Note: Aggregated MySQL news can be found at Planet for MySQL Community and Planet MySQL (Oracle only)
Summary of MySQL Public Discussion #4: Updates and Improvements to Contributions
TL;DR - Summary from Oracle on contribution paths and review of MySQL Contributor Summit
Building your first VillageSQL Extension with AI skills
TL;DR - Ronald (CTO of ProxySQL) tests out the VillageSQL AI Skill for creating extensions
VillageSQL Features... déjà vu? - lefred blog: tribulations of a MariaDB Community Advocate
TL;DR - LeFred (MariaDB) asks the question of whether VillageSQL features are novel or not
Extend MySQL Using Rust
TL;DR - Rust SDK similar to pgrx to write extensions for MySQL in Rust
The Percona Community Slack is open — come hang out
TL;DR - Percona launches Slack community for real-time discussions
MySQL performance with Kubernetes: bare metal vs K8 with docker vs K8 with container
TL;DR - Performance comparison of running MySQL on bare-metal vs. k8s
MySQL gets a foundation with no Oracle, but Alibaba presence
TL;DR - Coverage of the OurSQL Foundation launch with notice on Alibaba
Porting PostgreSQL Extensions to MySQL using Agent Skills
TL;DR - Launch of AI Skills repo for extension building from Percona Live keynote
Percona celebrates 20th birthday with new foundation — and a goat cake - The New Stack
TL;DR - It’s cake… in the shape of a goat. The goat was actually delicious.
Running TidesDB as a MySQL 9.7 storage engine - Percona
TL;DR - With the archiving of the MyRocks project by Facebook, there is a new LSM-tree storage engine to play with
MySQL faithful launch OurSQL Foundation to keep Oracle honest
TL;DR - Too-early-released article covering launch of the OurSQL Foundation at Percona Live
MySQL community establishes independent foundation - Techzine Global
TL;DR - Additional article on OurSQL Foundation launch
Database News:
Why the need for humans won't disappear in the age of autonomous databases - The New Stack
TL;DR - Coverage of Vadim Tkachenko’s (Percona) keynote at Percona Live
The Power Of The Community! - MariaDB.org
TL;DR - MariaDB highlighting the contributions from the Community
PostgreSQL Replication Sandboxes with ProxySQL via dbdeployer
TL;DR - Blog post supporting ProxySQL presentation at Percona Live
Happy Path, Escape Hatch, and the Space Between
TL;DR - Overall design philosophy for implementing extensions in VillageSQL
May 2026 Product Update: MCP Support, Postgres Group Commit, and More | Readyset
TL;DR - Regular product updates from Readyset
A Perfect Complement to PostgreSQL
TL;DR - Presentation from Percona Live on ProxySQL + PostgreSQL
MariaDB Foundation: Bringing TPC-B Back To Life
TL;DR - Bringing TPC-B back to the TAF provided by MariaDB
The Power Of The Community! - MariaDB.org
TL;DR - MariaDB shares stats on community contributrions
Percona Live 2026: AI Won’t ‘Kill’ DBAs, New Open Database Champions Will Rise - Techstrong IT
TL;DR - Review of Percona Live overall and the OurSQL Foundation announcement
MariaDB Community Server 12.3 LTS: How It Scales AI Workloads and Delivers 4x Write Performance
TL;DR - MariaDB Community Server 12.3 has reached Generally Available (GA)
Upcoming Database Events:
Systems Distributed - TigerBeetle's Conference
July 27-28, 2026
Boston, MA, USA
VLDB 2026 | 52nd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases
Aug 31st - Sep 4th, 2026
Boston, MA, USA
PostgreSQL Community Event PGConf.EU 2026
September 20-23, 2026
Valencia, Spain
Percona Live - Amsterdam
September 9-11, 2026
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
MySQL BR Conf 2026
September 26, 2026
São Paulo, Brazil
High Performance Transaction Systems (HPTS)
October 4-7, 2026
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America | LF Events
November 9-12
Salt Lake City, Utah
