Database veteran Dominic Preuss (VillageSQL, ex-Google, ex-AWS) is coming to Percona Live! 📣 He’ll be discussing how to drive innovation in MySQL through extensions. Don't miss this session from an industry leader! 📍 Mountain View, CA 🎟️ Code: PERCONA50 🔗 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

A hotfix release for Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster is out. This release fixes an issue with ProxySQL scheduler behavior for the replica read-only cluster when cross-site replication is configured. https://bit.ly/4880FIJ

Break free from the closed database trap. If your platform controls pricing, roadmap, and how you operate, you’re not in control. There’s a better way. Unshittification starts here. #TheWayIsOpen https://www.percona.com/

Ready to scale AI? 🚀 Join Echo Li from Oceanbase at Percona Live to learn how to build high-performance, cost-effective AI platforms. Echo dives deep into vector indexing and RAG to help you break through infrastructure bottlenecks. 📍 Mountain View 🎟️ Code: PERCONA50 🔗 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

What a day! ⚡️ We’re still reflecting on the amazing energy at yesterday’s Percona.Connect. From technical deep-dives to meeting the local open source community, it was a day to remember. Thank you to everyone who made it out! 🥂 Take a look at the highlights:

Want to master InnoDB performance? 🚀 Join Julia Offerman from Google at #PerconaLive 2026! Come learn directly from a dev who has built vector support and AI integrations for Cloud SQL for MySQL. 📍 Mountain View, CA 🔗 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz 💰 Code: PERCONA50

Excited to announce that Karthik Subbarao (AWS) will be speaking at #PerconaLive 2026! 🌐 Learn how to build real-time discovery & recommendations using Valkey Search from a pro in distributed systems and Rust. 📍 Mountain View, CA 🔗 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz 💰 Use code PERCONA50 for a discount!

MySQL 8.0 goes end-of-life this month. Percona works with teams to navigate MySQL EOL on their terms, whether that means upgrading to 8.4 or maintaining stability with post-EOL support. 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/40CIVRt #MySQL #OpenSource #Databases #EOL

⚾ Atlanta, we’re headed to Truist Park. Join Percona on May 12 for an evening with the open source database community at The Battery. Expect real-world database insights, and a great night at the ballpark. Spots are limited: https://bit.ly/3OkzuDC

At #PerconaLive, conversations around AI and database operations will be front and center. Eero Teerikorpi of Continuent will be taking the stage to share how teams can adopt AI-assisted operations without losing control. 👉 Join us and see Eero live: https://perconalive.com/2026-usa/

🎤 Kicking off our Percona Live speaker spotlights. Madelyn Olson from Amazon is speaking on “Tales from the Trenches: How Caches Fail at Scale.” When caching breaks, it breaks hard. This session dives into real failure patterns and resilience at scale. Register: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

ICYMI: Percona + Chainguard are making secure open source databases easier to run. 🔐 Secure-by-default images + expert support = less patching, more building. Read more from DBtrends. 👇 https://bit.ly/4dvJqEL

There’s no single “right” open source database. That's why Percona supports multiple open source databases with world class expertise, so teams can choose the right tool without being boxed in. Learn how Percona can support your environment 👉 https://bit.ly/47Ktrio

"PostgreSQL doesn't need Redis anymore." In our next Open Source Unplugged session, Percona tech leads Martin Visser (Valkey) and Jobin Augustine (PostgreSQL) tackle the caching question head-on. #OpenSource #PostgreSQL #Percona Event Registration: https://bit.ly/4e792rz

🌱 With spring comes #PerconaLive. Join the open source database community May 27–29 in Mountain View, CA for three days of technical sessions and real-world lessons from the engineers running databases at scale. 👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz

In our next Open Source Unplugged session, Percona Observability Tech Lead Tibor Korocz shows you what's possible when you query pmm.metrics directly: custom Grafana dashboards, threshold-based alerts on slow queries, and more. #OpenSource #PMM #Percona Event Registration: https://bit.ly/3QlOhyu

Ever wonder what it’s like to work at a remote company? 🌍 Silvia Gudino shares how she balances recruiting top talent with life in Costa Rica and collaborating with teammates around the world. ☕ Take a look behind the scenes at Percona: https://bit.ly/41dQgYb

April is here, and it’s your last chance to register for two unforgettable events. 🏁🤠 🤠 Austin (April 15): https://bit.ly/4skbsaP 🏁 New Hampshire (April 23): https://bit.ly/47SXqEH From ranch conversations to race track adrenaline, it’s going to be an exciting month.

Your voice shapes what we build at Percona. 🌍 Take our community survey to help us better understand your needs, experience levels, and how we can serve you. ⏱️ Takes under 2 minutes 👉 https://bit.ly/4bIIA4U

Percona had a great time at #KubeCon last week! Great conversations, live demos, a packed Peter Zaitsev session, and plenty of new (and familiar) faces. 👋 Missed us or want to keep the convo going? Join us at Percona Live. 👇 https://bit.ly/3PIOMCz #OpenSource #Databases

🌏 Kuala Lumpur, we’re coming. Percona.Connect lands April 14 at Dash Box Hotel, Cyberjaya. Join Percona + Abyres Holdings for a variety of exciting talks on open source, AI-driven data, and modern security. 👉 Register: https://bit.ly/4thU8Dl #PerconaConnect

Our community is everything to us at Percona. We're launching our H1 survey to better understand our users and contributors. ⏱️ Takes < 2 minutes 📊 Results will be published transparently! Help us level up by taking it here: https://bit.ly/4bIIA4U

Percona is partnering with Chainguard to raise the bar for secure open source databases. 🔐 Secure-by-default container images + Percona expert support = production-ready databases without the patching burden. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sz6Uxt

Day two of #KubeConEU! Swing by booth 790 to enter our raffle and talk open source databases, Percona Operators, and running your data layer on K8s.

Day One is in the books for #KubeConEU! Highlight of the day? Our own Michal Nosek speaking about secure databases at scale with our friends over at Chainguard. Come by Booth 790 tomorrow to catch some time with our experts!

Percona is excited to be prepping for #KubeCon today! Get prepped for the event with this Q&A from Kate Obiidykhata in @VMblog 👇 https://bit.ly/4bFQMmh Come see us tomorrow at Booth 790!

From databases to the driver’s seat. 🏁 On April 23, Percona is hosting a racing experience at Xtreme Racing NH. Drive luxury performance cars, meet local database pros, and spend time with the Percona team. Register: https://bit.ly/47SXqEH

Don’t miss PeterZaitsev talk on Kubernetes at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon Europe 🇳🇱 📅 March 23, 4:15pm 📍 Hall 7, Room C 💡 Real-world insights on cloud native databases Plus, meet Percona at Booth 790 (March 24–26) for demos, swag, and daily raffles!

🚨 Are you ready for MySQL 8.0 EOL? Percona can help your team upgrade to MySQL 8.4 or stay secure on 8.0 with post-EOL support for up to three years. Explore your options 👇 https://bit.ly/40CIVRt #MySQL #OpenSource #DBA

🤠 Do your databases need wrangling? Join Percona on April 15th for a Cowboy Ranch Experience at Lone Star Ranch in Austin with technology leaders talking real database and data infrastructure challenges. 👉 Spots are limited: https://bit.ly/4skbsaP

Percona is excited to welcome Kyle Davis as General Manager of the Redis/Valkey Ecosystem. Kyle brings deep experience in open source strategy and will lead Percona's #Redis and #Valkey strategy as the ecosystem evolves. More here: https://bit.ly/3Niezkh

🚀 Percona Operator for MongoDB 1.22.0 is live! Automatic storage resizing, HashiCorp Vault integration, improved service mesh support, and more, built to simplify MongoDB on Kubernetes. Read the highlights: https://bit.ly/40o9s52

🤖 AI is only as smart as the database behind it. PostgreSQL is becoming the foundation for AI, vector search, and RAG. But production readiness takes more than enabling pgvector. Percona’s AI Readiness Bundle helps teams tune, scale, and stay open. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4s8N2Rq

Percona is hiring 🚀 Join a fully remote, global team building the future of open source databases. We’re growing across technical, sales, and operational roles, with benefits designed to support how you work and live. Explore open roles: https://bit.ly/4aZT5Sg

In his latest byline for APMdigest, Percona COO Bennie Grant explores why database diversification is inevitable. 📖Read the full article: https://www.apmdigest.com/unifying-data-chaos-effective-strategies-modern-database-management

🚀 What a great weekend at #SCALE23x! From Peter Farkas’ talk on the realities of open source, to the many great conversations we had, the Percona team had a fantastic time connecting with the community. Didn't catch us? Find us next at Kubecon Europe 👉 https://bit.ly/4bwB9i9

👋 Heading to PGConf India 2026? Meet the Percona team in Bangalore and don’t miss out on Jobin Augustine’s session 🎤 “External Proxies and Poolers – A Reality Check in Today’s Tech Stack.” 📅 March 12 | 2:50 PM We hope to see you there! https://bit.ly/40MApzg

Attending #SCALE23x? Find our Percona team at booth 106 and enter our community raffle. Sign our open letter to Oracle, and chat with our experts! 🖊️ https://bit.ly/4kJGxBJ

2026 is already shaping up to be a defining year for open source. Jack Germain on how AI pressure and licensing battles are already forcing hard conversations on sustainability and governance, featuring insights from Percona executives. Full article below: https://bit.ly/3MG75Y9

In April 2026, 8.0 reaches end of life. Do you have a plan in place? Join Open Source Unplugged with Percona experts Marco Tusa and Michal Nosek to break down upgrade paths, support options, and key risks. Save your seat: https://bit.ly/4l93cHZ

What exactly is the MySQL ecosystem in 2026? 🤔 It’s not just one database anymore—it’s a galaxy of: 🔹 Forks (MariaDB) 🔹 Enhanced builds (Percona Server) 🔹 High-availability tools 🔹 Cloud-native operators Explore more: https://bit.ly/4aLyyRk

🚀 Percona CEO Peter Farkas is speaking at #SCALE23x this Sunday. He’ll dig into the realities of open source in large enterprises, where vendor pressure, compliance, and internal politics shape database decisions as much as architecture. Join us 👉 https://bit.ly/3MTzqdw

The end of February means the end of FOSS month. So we're taking this final moment to celebrate the maintainers, contributors, and communities who make software better by building it in the open. Open source thrives when the community thrives. Thank you 💙 #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS

🎤 #PerconaLive is back! Have a real-world story or technical deep dive on open source databases? Submit a talk. Want to attend? Registration is open. 📍 May 27–29, 2026 | Mountain View, CA 👉 https://bit.ly/4qQnmr6

🎉 PMM 3.6.0 is now generally available It features new UI improvements, a High Availability Cluster (tech preview), refined MongoDB dashboards, and key security updates. Read more 📘 https://docs.percona.com/percona-monitoring-and-management/3/release-notes/3.6.0.html #OpenSource #Databases

The conversation around MySQL’s future is accelerating. In The Register, they cover the open letter proposing an independent foundation for MySQL governance, featuring insights from Percona Co-Founders. Read more 👇https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/17/mysql_foundation_oracle_letter/

🚀 Percona is heading into 2026 with serious momentum. After a milestone-packed 2025, we’re doubling down on open, enterprise-ready data infrastructure with zero vendor lock-in. Here’s what’s driving it 👉 https://bit.ly/4qHoeyc #OpenSource #Databases #EnterpriseTech

The future of MySQL needs an open conversation. Governance, transparency, and a real community voice, are not optional for an ecosystem like MySQL—they are essential to its future. If you care about where MySQL goes next, read and sign the open letter: https://bit.ly/4kJGxBJ

Promoting a replica after a primary failure is the start of a new phase: getting your applications to the right place, fast. Join Alastair Turner today at Postgres Edinburgh for a breakdown of connecting client applications after a server cutover or failover. https://bit.ly/466kcIp

Redis or @valkeyio.bsky.social? Run either, or switch later. Percona delivers enterprise support, migration expertise, and secure distributions for both. No licensing drama, no vendor lock-in. Built by Valkey contributors and Redis experts. https://bit.ly/46EeIE6