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Derek Downey
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As a technologist excited about open source database systems and the businesses that they power, I am enthusiastic about efficiency through automation, Operational Visibility, the adoption of Cloud Technologies, and Virtual/Augmented reality enabling #RemoteWork by default.

I work for #Google as a Developer Advocate for their Database Cloud services

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How to safely change MySQL innodb variable 'innodb_log_file_size'?
Feb 16, 2011
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Is it possible to have passwords configured per database or per host in .my.cnf
Aug 23, 2011
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How can I move a database from one server to another?
Sep 18, 2011
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Function Performance
Nov 18, 2011
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MySQL Set UTC time as default timestamp
Sep 25, 2012
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When to use views in MySQL?
Apr 11, 2012
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INT(5) vs SMALLINT(5): numbers in parenthesis after the numeric type
Jan 7, 2011
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Advantages and Disadvantages to using ENUM vs Integer types?
Oct 19, 2011
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Is MySql's LAST_INSERT_ID() function guaranteed to be correct?
Jul 19, 2012
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How do you calculate mysql max_connections variable?
Feb 15, 2011
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