There’s an interview with Baron Schwartz (that’s me) on WebPulp.tv. Topics …
Post: Interviews for InfiniDB and TokuDB are next
November 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
… Bradley C. Kuszmaul (TokuDB storage engine) have also accepted an interview. If you have any questions about either storage engine, please…
Post: What does Using filesort mean in MySQL?
March 5, 2009 By 27 Comments
… say? I have asked this question in a bunch of interviews so far, with smart people, and not one person has… it right. So I consider it to be a bad interview question, and I’m going to put the answer here… too big, but EXPLAIN doesn’t show that. (If I interview you, I might ask you what “too big” means, or…
Post: Would you like to ask a question about PBXT?
November 12, 2009 By 5 Comments
In the next week, I’ll be interviewing Paul McCullagh, the architect behind the PBXT storage engine. If … Monday 16th November. Note: The idea for this interview was inspired by a previous interview with Heikki Tuuri – creator of InnoDB. You…
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Comment: What does Using filesort mean in MySQL?
March 14, 2009 By 27 Comments
… find such information. As for such questions being bad for interviews it depends on what do you want to understand about the candidate and even more what job you are interviewing for. If it’s about on-site consulting you definitely…
Comment: What does Using filesort mean in MySQL?
March 9, 2009 By 27 Comments
… quaestions are VERY bad on the interview. It is ok to test skills during the interview but it is bad to ask…
Comment: MariaDB 5.3.4 benchmarks
February 19, 2012 By 24 Comments
…://www.odbms.org/blog/2011/09/mariadb-the-new-mysql-interview-with-michael-monty-widenius/ The obvious question is if so…
Comment: Percona's Commitments to MySQL Users
November 8, 2010 By 10 Comments
Henrik, Thanks for the comment. There will always be temptations to go for a short-term win. We try to prevent this by carefully assessing the cultural fit of our candidates during the recruiting and interviewing process. It’s great that your customer got the best solution to his problem!
Comment: Baron Schwartz interviewed on WebPulp.tv
November 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
Hi Baron, In the interview you said you had notes that could go into High Performance MySQL book. Are you considering 3rd edition? I’d love to see more on the tools you use in/for Percona like XtraDB, toolkits, column oriented storage options and etc. Thanks, Sherzod
