Be still my beating heart...

[Bonsai Nut]

Every now and then I do something with the site that scares me. Suffice it to say that Oracle (the company) is ending official support for MySQL 8.0, which was our database structure. Today I migrated our database from MySQL to MariaDB, and then had to update several versions to bring it up-to-date. I have been around tech long enough that rarely do things go off without a hitch. But this time it did Perhaps it was the two cups of coffee? The sign of success is when no one notices service interruption.

Perhaps the site is a little faster? Regardless, we are good now at least until 2029...

 

[Ruddigger]

Congrats, and thanks for all that you do.

 

[RJG2]

I know MariaDB is a fork of MySQL, but that was 16 years ago - so that's still impressive!

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Every now and then I do something with the site that scares me. Suffice it to say that Oracle (the company) is ending official support for MySQL, which is our database structure. Today I migrated our database from MySQL to MariaDB, and then had to update several versions to bring it up-to-date. I have been around tech long enough that rarely do things go off without a hitch. But this time it did Perhaps it was the two cups of coffee? The sign of success is when no one notices service interruption.

Perhaps the site is a little faster? Regardless, we are good now at least until 2029...

As a computer programmer since 1995, Congrats that's a rare feat.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

It is impossible to stay up with all the various iterations... until you are forced to jump ship. MySQL 8.0 will be officially dead as of April 2026. I think Oracle has different priorities... particularly with enterprise and cloud products, versus maintaining an open source code base.

I know MariaDB is a fork of MySQL, but that was 16 years ago - so that's still impressive!

 

[Shogun610]

Thanks for alll you do on here Mr Nut

 

[Mikecheck123]

I have sadly lost all my coding skills that I once had. Did you dabble in any AI tools?

 

[bonsaichile]

Thank you for keeping this site running, Greg!

 

[Adamski77]

wow... super impressive... I've been actively using site for several hours and didn't notice a thing

Congratulations!!! ... and thank you so much for all you do for us...

 

[vancehanna]

Just a “user” here so “Hats Off to BNut!!”

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

It is impossible to stay up with all the various iterations... until you are forced to jump ship. MySQL will be officially dead as of April 2026, but why wait? Strange thing because it was so huge for so long.

I have friends that made their career with mysql and implementing it at various companies and frameworks.
At work I'm using cell counters that rely on it, good to know that I'll have to ask the manufacturer about it.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Welll-done Greg! This site has become such a fountain of information and inspiration.

 

[Faisal Ahmad]

Every now and then I do something with the site that scares me. Suffice it to say that Oracle (the company) is ending official support for MySQL, which is our database structure. Today I migrated our database from MySQL to MariaDB, and then had to update several versions to bring it up-to-date. I have been around tech long enough that rarely do things go off without a hitch. But this time it did Perhaps it was the two cups of coffee? The sign of success is when no one notices service interruption.

Perhaps the site is a little faster? Regardless, we are good now at least until 2029...

 

[markyscott]

Thank you Greg, for doing all that you do. I look forward always to enjoying the conversation here.

 

[Michael P]

I only understood 10% of what you said, which makes me doubly grateful that you do it. Thank you!

 

[Dav4]

Yes, thanks B'nut! This has always been the place I've felt most comfortable both posting pics of my dumb ass potted trees and conversing about all things bonsai. If this site ever went down ala Bonsaitalk, I'd be lost. I'd also spend WAY WAY less time staring at my phone and Chromebook... and I'd have WAY WAY more $$$ in my checking account but ... it's all good

 

[Mikecheck123]

Welll-done Greg! This site has become such a fountain of information and inspiration.

Some of the info on here is simply irreplaceable. Like your long term TM progression.

To be safe I better print out a hard copy of this site tonight.

 

[cmeg1]

THANKS!!!

 

[stav121]

Every now and then I do something with the site that scares me. Suffice it to say that Oracle (the company) is ending official support for MySQL, which was our database structure. Today I migrated our database from MySQL to MariaDB, and then had to update several versions to bring it up-to-date. I have been around tech long enough that rarely do things go off without a hitch. But this time it did Perhaps it was the two cups of coffee? The sign of success is when no one notices service interruption.

Perhaps the site is a little faster? Regardless, we are good now at least until 2029...

Congratz!

If you really want to give the forum a boost (and you want to have some fun at the same time) you can always try adding a cache to the forum. It will make the fly and probably reduce your server costs.

 

[Hartinez]

Yes, thanks B'nut! This has always been the place I've felt most comfortable both posting pics of my dumb ass potted trees and conversing about all things bonsai. If this site ever went down ala Bonsaitalk, I'd be lost. I'd also spend WAY WAY less time staring at my phone and Chromebook... and I'd have WAY WAY more $$$ in my checking account but ... it's all good

Really though Dave. I do post on instagram from time to time, but this is consistently the one place I always feel comfortable posting my trees and thoughts on Bonsai in general. Thanks for all your efforts Greg. Clearly it does not go unseen!!