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VillageSQL, the newest MySQL fork built around the concept of extensions (villagesql.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/opensource@programming.dev
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It's an open source venture backed by $35M from FirstMark Capital, Spark Capital, and GV (Google Ventures). It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.

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[–] RonSijm@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I guess it's cool - you can port some stuff from Postgres like pgVector and make Mysql a vector database.

On the other hand, I'm also think 'why?'. At some point just use Postgres instead of overcomplicating Mysql with extensions

[–] yessikg@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

I see Google, I know where this fork is going to end up... in the Google graveyard