Village News: MySQL/Database News (February 27, 2026)
As part of community building, we are going to publish a curated overview of MySQL and database news that you might have missed over the last period.
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MySQL News:
A battle for MySQL’s heart – and future?
Write-up on recent discussion and friction between the MySQL community and Oracle.
Open Letter to Oracle - Invitation to Discuss the Future of the MySQL Ecosystem
Call for signatures by the MySQL community to engage Oracle on the future of Community Edition. Additional coverage here and here.
New Era of MySQL Community Engagement
Oracle has responded with new messaging about how it wants to work with the MySQL community. The messaging is very encouraging but the question is what will actually happen on what timelines given recent staffing changes.
Is MariaDB part of the MySQL ecosystem?
In response to a Slack discussion about Community Foundation for MySQL, a blog post by MariaDB about their position in MySQL ecosystem.
Bringing GenAI to Every MySQL Instance: ProxySQL v4.0
ProxySQL offers an MCP server in front of MySQL to make it easier to access database from LLMs.
LeFred leaves Oracle/MySQL to join MariaDB Foundation
Long-time community leader for MySQL, LeFred, moves from Oracle/MySQL to MariaDB Foundation.
Introducing VillageSQL: A New Path for MySQL in the Agentic AI Era
VillageSQL Launched! Very excited to talk publicly about all the work we have been doing to enable innovation in MySQL.
Database News:
Planetscale launches skills for LLMs to interact with databases directly.
PostgreSQL: Out-of-cycle release scheduled for February 26, 2026
PostgreSQL does an out of cycle release to address regressions in recent versions
A New Era of Databases: Lakebase | Databricks Blog
Databricks + Neon advocate for a new cloud-native architecture for all databases.
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