Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale?

Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by natefox on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @09:54AM (#32995259)

Pinterest uses (used?) mysql. Blog post is a bit old but a fun read https://medium.com/pinterest-engineering/sharding-pinterest-...

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Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by palashkulsh on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @10:28AM (#32995651)

We read this numerous times before finally creating our own sharding system over bare MySQL

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Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by ericbarrett on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:11AM (#32996348)

FB's MySQL team gave a tech talk on sharing circa 2011. A couple of bright engineers from Pinterest were there and asked a lot of great questions. A year or two later the same gentlemen presented their own MySQL infra at the Percona (?) conference. They'd used that talk as a springboard for their own design, which was quite clever and clearly integrated some of their unique business needs.

A decade later, I still remember how good their presentation was! I wish I could remember the engineers' names.

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Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by smaccona on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:04PM (#32997196)

Was it these guys[0]?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYnrtjO-Ne0

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Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by phendrenad2 on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:43PM (#33025275)

God, I'm building a big MySQL schema right now, and I wish I had read this months ago! Too late for me now. Oh well, next project!

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Re:Ask HN: Real-world anecdotes of MySQL at scale? by ericbarrett on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:11PM (#32997293)

Yes! Marty Weiner and Yashh Nelapati. Appears to be a different talk though. Nice find.

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