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Otto@programming.devOPto
Open Source@lemmy.ml•VillageSQL, the newest MySQL fork built around the concept of extensions
0·7 months agoMariaDB has a lot of users, and they should be more vocal about it to give it more visibility.
Otto@programming.devOPto
Open Source@lemmy.ml•VillageSQL, the newest MySQL fork built around the concept of extensions
0·7 months agoI wouldn’t be surprised to see multiple MySQL forks emerge in 2026, now that more people are realizing how bad Oracle has been as an open source project steward for MySQL.
Otto@programming.devOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Stop using MySQL in 2026, it is not true open sourceEnglish
1·8 months agoIn case you are Czech, there is a translation at https://www.root.cz/clanky/prestante-uz-pouzivat-mysql-neni-to-skutecny-open-source/?nahled=1
Glad to see more translations show up!
Otto@programming.devOPto
Linux@programming.dev•Fireship’s latest vid spreading the Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers
0·1 year agoExactly. I don’t use Omarchy, but I think it is good someone did a polished distro for a specific use case, and some web dev Windows users will surely find it more appealing than a generic distro where they need to figure out a lot of stuff from scratch.
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Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Which open alternative apps list is the best?English
1·1 year agoTo me it is hard to find the best apps in their directory as they don’t have a good ranking system. The other sites that rank by GitHub stars do a pretty good job of surfacing what are the truly most popular and successful apps.
Otto@programming.devOPto
DevOps@programming.dev•Stategies for scaling out MySQL/MariaDB when database gets too large for a single host?
0·1 year agoI am asking for general strategies, not for a solution to a specific case.
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Open Source@lemmy.ml•What local LLMs are you using to create embeddings for RAG?
0·1 year agoYou mean ollama? There are so many options, any favorites?


















Actually I set out with the assumption that flagship models would fail even on these fairly simple questions that I have seen them failing on before, but I was suprised they didn’t all fail.