Tech Messages | 2008-02-26

A special extended edition of Tech Messages for 2008-02-23 through 2008-02-26:

• YARB: Ruby gets a Reddit
  For the Ruby and Reddit folks out there. You know who you are.
• Finding out largest tables on MySQL Server | MySQL Performance Blog
  I really enjoyed this query! Lots of fun!
• Monty says: The Maria engine is released
  The Maria storage engine for MySQL is the next generation of MyISAM and should be standard in MySQL 6.
• Roland Bouman’s blog: I don’t do rants…normally
  Roland Bouman responds to misguided MySQL bashing posted by Curt Monash.
• Enum Fields VS Varchar VS Int + Joined table: What is Faster? | MySQL Performance Blog
  Examining a few common use cases and proving that some operations are not as expensive as you thought. (But some are!)