Village News: MySQL/Database News (31 March 2026)

Dominic Preuss

31 Mar 2026 — 2 min read

As part of building the MySQL Community, 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:

Note: Aggregated MySQL news can be found at Planet for MySQL Community and Planet MySQL (Oracle only)

Strengthening the MySQL Community: Highlights from Our Second Public Discussion

Oracle continues to reach out to the MySQL community with roadmap updates. There is also an announcement of a MySQL committer summit in May alongside Percona Live.

MyVector v1.26.3: Maintenance, CI, and Readiness for MySQL 9.7

Updates to one of the few open-source vector implementations for MySQL.

Every query gets a receipt - The Consensus

A story from crowd-sourcing startup The Consensus (Phil Eaton) about attaching a cost to every MySQL query.

MySQL at 30 – does it still have a future? [Q&A] - BetaNews

Interview with Peter Zaitsev about the future of MySQL. A discussion on why 2026 will be a transformational year for MySQL

Building and testing MySQL 9.7.0 early access build on macOS

Engineering leader for MySQL at Meta/Facebook tries to build the 9.7.0 early access build on macOS with mixed results. Exciting to see early builds in the wild.

Database News:

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL now supports creating and connecting to a database in seconds

Aurora getting into the fast provisioning race with faster start times for PostgreSQL databases. Requires a pre-configured “express configuration” to achieve faster times.

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it 'Pied Piper' | TechCrunch

The company that put the T in ChatGPT is back with a more efficient way to store working memory with a research presentation.

MariaDB Vector: How it works. Part II

MariaDB Foundation (not the company) continuing to demonstrate progress being made in MariaDB code base.

Lessons from Using Claude Code to Implement Double Write Buffer in PostgreSQL

Alibaba Cloud engineer shows the progress that LLMs are making when updating database internals.