MySQL 8 is now supported in TablePlus GUI Tool (for Mac)
What’s new in MySQL 8? More secure, more reliable, better JSON handling and Unicode support, SQL Window functions, and bunches of other performance improvements are being put together in this recent release for the most popular open source database, MySQL 8.0. Some notable new features: Better Unicode support. The latin1 is no longer being used as the default encoding, replaced...
Open Source vs Closed Source?
When evaluating your tech stack, the question of whether we should use commercial or open source solution always raises the extreme argument. In this post, we’ll take a look at some typical types of open source and the reason why we are not going to its side. The key difference between commercial and open source product is the way it’s...
TablePlus for Windows - When is it coming out?
TablePlus for Windows - When is it coming out? This question has been asked a lot and we’d like to have some official words about it. We started to build a Windows version for TablePlus awhile ago and we expected to release it in January 2018. We are just a small team specialized in building Mac app and that was an...
Getting Started with TablePlus
1. Create a Connection MySQL, SQL Server, Cockroach. You need to prepare your host, port, username, and password to get connected. SQLite You can create a connection or just double-click on the database file to open. Noted: Your database username and password are stored securely in your Keychain. We never sync any of your data to our server. How to...
How to pronounce SQL properly? S-Q-L or Sequel?
You might’ve heard some developers pronouncing it as “S-Q-L” [ ˈɛs kjuː ˈɛl ] and others using “sequel” [ ˈsiːkwəl ]. I hear them both and it can start an argument anytime. So what’s the right way to pronounce it? On StackExchange, there seems to be a norm that those who work on Microsoft dev platform tend to pronounce it “sequel” more, while those from Linux-y...