🏁 Final day of #PerconaLive 2026. We’re closing the week with hands-on workshops, technical sessions, and more conversations across the open source database community! 👉 Today’s agenda: https://bit.ly/3RgP0BR

The OurSQL Foundation has launched to support the broader MySQL ecosystem. Built as an independent, vendor-neutral organization, the Foundation aims to bring users, developers, and partners together to support the future of MySQL and compatible technologies. Read more: https://bit.ly/4e91kgc

🎉 #PerconaLive is officially live! Today the open source database community comes together in Mountain View for sessions on AI-powered operations, Kubernetes-native DBaaS, cloud migrations, and scaling MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Valkey in production. 👉 Today’s agenda: https://bit.ly/3RgP0BR

🌎 Remote doesn’t have to mean disconnected. Recently, Percona’s Support team gathered in Cancun for their annual meetup, combining collaboration, team building, and a little speedboat racing along the way. Interested in joining a global remote-first team? https://bit.ly/3PFetV0

We’re closing out our #PerconaLiveSpotlight series with someone special. Peter Farkas, CEO of Percona, will be joining us onsite at #PerconaLive 2026 as we bring the open source database community together in Mountain View. See you tomorrow 👋 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Data sovereignty starts with architectural control. When identity, encryption, automation, and support stay tied to vendor-controlled environments, sovereignty becomes harder to prove and maintain. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4urH7rX

Don't let convenience become a strategic liability for your databases. When failover, backups, patching, and scaling rely on a proprietary control plane, resilience becomes harder to prove and harder to own. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4uBX0fl

🚨 It’s officially #PerconaLive week. The open source database community is heading to Mountain View for 3 days of conversations around AI, Kubernetes, observability, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Valkey, and operating databases at scale. See you soon 👋 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

A small text encoding change can quietly break MySQL replication mid-migration. At #PerconaLive, Parisa Jamasbi of @PayPal shares how her team traced a sudden replication halt to a silent behavior change buried in a software update. Register now: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

ICYMI: Percona has joined the sponsorship effort behind pgBackRest to help keep one of PostgreSQL’s most widely used backup and recovery tools actively maintained and fully open source. Thanks to Database Trends and Stephanie Simone for the coverage: https://bit.ly/4nFhukR #PostgreSQL #OpenSource

At #PerconaLive, David Murphy is taking on two big database questions: when does multi-database architecture beat consolidation, and how do teams keep AI-generated database work from creating production risk? Catch both sessions: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

🎉 Open Source Summit is wrapping up, meaning Percona Live is just days away! Join us in Mountain View, CA for the ultimate database event. Hear from experts at Google, Amazon, Meta & more! 🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4a4yTxx 🔥 Get 75% off with code 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐀𝟕𝟓!

Another great evening in Vancouver with the PostgreSQL community. 🍽️ Thanks to everyone who joined Percona during PGConf Vancouver for dinner at Black + Blue. Great conversations around PostgreSQL, open source, and performance all night long. #PostgreSQL #PGConf #OpenSource #Databases

Database sovereignty is becoming a security, resilience, and compliance requirement. 🔐 Percona’s new resource hub covers audit-ready DB operations, HYOK, open source architecture, portable backup and recovery, and a 90-day roadmap to sovereignty. Explore: https://bit.ly/4dukhIV

Minneapolis showed up for open source this week. Thanks to everyone who visited the Percona booth at #OSSummit and joined us at the Twins game. Great conversations all week long around databases and open infrastructure. Missed us? Join us at Percona Live: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz #OSSNA #OpenSource

Percona is sponsoring pgBackRest to help keep PostgreSQL backups running. 🔐 The sponsorship helps bring pgBackRest creator David Steele back to active work, supports ongoing development, and helps grow the project’s long-term maintainer base. Read the announcement: https://bit.ly/4nCcFZj

Tired of bloatscriptions, paywalls, and “permanent beta”? So are we. At some point it stopped being about better databases and started being about better ways to charge for them. We’re fixing that. Unshittification is here. #TheWayIsOpen

What starts as one database in a container can become an open source cloud native database platform. At #PerconaLive, Sergey Pronin of Solanica shares the real-world work behind building one, from storage and scaling to monitoring and UI. https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Our latest #PerconaSpeakerSpotlight is Kim Thomas of Fiserv. At #PerconaLive, he’ll share how Fiserv moved to Percona for MongoDB workloads and what enterprise teams can learn from the shift. Join with code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

If open source is core to your stack, contributing back should be core to your strategy. 🌱 Percona’s Laura Czajkowski makes the case in DevOps.com that OSS contribution builds resilience, influence, and long-term advantage. Worth the read: https://bit.ly/3PBnP3Z #OpenSource #DevOps

Krunal Bauskar of @Google is taking the stage at #PerconaLive to explore a smarter path to MySQL scalability with Adaptive IO. Join us in Mountain View with code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz #MySQL #CloudNative

⚾ Toronto, we’re headed to the ballpark! Join Percona June 5 for Blue Jays vs. Orioles from a private suite. Connect, talk data, and unwind with the team. Spots are limited: https://bit.ly/4uAVLfT #OpenSource #Databases

Two projects, one mission: Making PostgreSQL mailing lists easier! 🤝 Hackorum & pginbox are joining forces for a better contributor experience: 🔹 Forum-style UI 🔹 Advanced search & alerts 🔹 Commitfest tracking Read how they’re simplifying life for Postgres hackers: https://bit.ly/3RBjb6D

Open source doesn’t die. It gets unfunded. Jan Wieremjewicz breaks down what pgBackRest’s archive status really means, and why maintainership gaps are a serious risk for critical open source infrastructure. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tXeS3Y #OpenSource #PostgreSQL

What if your database could diagnose itself? Istvan Podor is speaking at #PerconaLive on AI-powered systems detecting issues at massive MySQL scale. 👉 Use code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

The era of AI Agents has arrived! 🤖🚀 Edith Puclla & Keith Quinn recap their day at MongoDB.local London: ✅ MongoDB 8.3 performance leaps ✅ LangGraph.js: "Memory" for AI agents ✅ Scaling $1T in payments with Stripe 🍟 Surviving on a diet of chips & coffee Full story: https://bit.ly/4tvBXKc

📍 Red Hat Summit starts today. If you’re in Atlanta, swing by Booth P3 to meet the Percona team. We’re talking open source databases, control, cost, and flexibility in modern environments. 💧 Hydration Station tomorrow, May 12, 1–5PM. Stop by, cool off, and say hi. #RHSummit

⚠️ Small decisions at scale don’t stay small. Kyle Davis is speaking at #PerconaLive on what really drives performance in in-memory databases. From data structures to system design, it all adds up. 🎟️ Sign up with code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Who’s helping you navigate the world of open source databases? 🌍 The strength of open source lies in its people. Our latest blog post introduces you to the Percona Community Team: https://bit.ly/4f7Yrx8 #MySQL #PostgreSQL #OpenSource

📅 Percona Live is 3 weeks away. If you care about open source databases in the real world, this is the room to be in. Register here with code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Chaitanya Nuthalapati will be at #PerconaLive exploring how Valkey powers KV caching for LLM inference. From latency to throughput, this is how database layers are shaping AI infrastructure. 🎟️ Register with PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Sailthru by Zeta cut $1M/year by switching from MongoDB to Percona. No app changes. Same performance. 52 devs were able to stay focused on building. Read the case study: https://bit.ly/4div2ir

AI won’t save you during a database outage... It might make things worse. Ewen Fortune is bringing a candid take to #PerconaLive on AI-assisted incident response. Where it works, where it fails, and what to watch for. 👉 Use code PERCONA50: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

📍 Minneapolis, we’re coming your way. Join Percona at OSS Summit North America (May 18–20) and stop by Booth #8. We’ll be there talking databases, operators, and what open really needs to look like going forward. #OSSummit #OpenSource #Databases #OSSNA

Database migrations aren’t easy. Zander Hill of Plaid is sharing how to survive large-scale replatforming at #PerconaLive. From moving hundreds of databases to managing real-time risk, this is a look at doing the “impossible.” 👀 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

🚀 PostgreSQL on Kubernetes just got better. Percona Operator 2.9.0 adds in-place upgrades, snapshot backups, WAL lag detection, LDAP auth, and PostgreSQL 18 default. See what’s new. 👉 https://bit.ly/4uhYGdv

🔥 Everyone uses RDS. According to Corey Quinn, almost nobody should. The Duckbill economist is bringing bold takes to #PerconaLive on cost, control, and tradeoffs in managed databases. 👉 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

pgBackRest project archived? Percona has you covered. 🛡️ We’re ensuring continuity for #PostgreSQL users with continued support, expertise, and a stable path forward for backup & recovery. Your data stays protected. Read our update: 🔗 https://bit.ly/3OSoRIs #pgBackRest #OpenSource

📍 Heading to Red Hat Summit? Meet Percona at Booth P3, May 11–14 in Atlanta. Let’s talk control, cost, and flexibility in modern database environments. #RedHatSummit

Percona’s own Daniel Almeida is bringing two sessions to #PerconaLive on MongoDB performance and migrations. From realistic benchmarking to zero-downtime moves, this is what actually works in production. 🎤 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Break free with open source. When your database is tied to a vendor, every decision starts to come with tradeoffs you didn’t choose. Open source removes that layer. You decide where things run, how they scale, and when to change. That’s the standard we’re building toward. #TheWayIsOpen

Break free with open source. When your database is tied to a vendor, every decision starts to come with tradeoffs you didn’t choose. Open source removes that layer. You decide where things run, how they scale, and when to change. That’s the standard we’re building toward. #TheWayIsOpen

What’s really happening inside your database? Gabriel Ciciliani of Releem is diving into MySQL’s hidden temp table behavior at #PerconaLive. 🎉 Join Us: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Real-time systems are only as good as the insights behind them. Robert Hodges will be at #PerconaLive delivering sessions on modern analytics and AI, from alert analysis to evolving data architectures. 🎤 Don’t miss it: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

Unshittification starts here. Someone has to take a stand, because the direction most database platforms are heading is clear: more lock-in, more layers, and more ways to keep you exactly where you are. We don’t think that should be the default, so we’re not going to let it be. #TheWayIsOpen

Percona’s own Tibor Korocz will be part of 4 sessions at #PerconaLive, covering observability from every angle. From reducing alert noise to turning metrics into real insight, this is what it takes to truly understand your systems. 🔍 Explore the agenda: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

⚾ Minneapolis, join us at Target Field. May 19, Percona is hosting an evening with the open source database community and we'd love to have you there! Apply now! 👉 https://bit.ly/3QnT7vo

💡 MySQL has come a long way. But what comes next? Scott Stroz will be at #PerconaLive sharing how community-driven innovation is shaping the future of MySQL. 📍 Join the session: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

That’s a wrap on the Cloud & IT Infrastructure Summit in Singapore! 🙌 From a packed workshop on scaling open source databases to nonstop booth chats, the #OpenSource community is stronger than ever. We loved seeing the excitement around our new look. Remember: The Way is Open. 🐐

🚀 Allen Samuels is taking the stage at #PerconaLive with two sessions focused on Valkey Search. From architecture to real-world performance, he’ll go under the hood of modern distributed search. 🎟️ Save your spot: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz