MySQL

Backup-Restore Drills: Prove Your Backups Restore

July 21, 2026

A backup you have never restored is a hope. A monthly drill — restore, verify, boot the app, write it down — catches missing routines, charset mangling, and silent cron failures before the incident does.

A MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 Upgrade Checklist That Holds Up

May 19, 2026

The 8.0 upgrade is one-way, so the checklist matters: the upgrade checker, the vanished query cache, collation strategy, auth-plugin compatibility, and a rehearsal that doubles as a backup test.