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Pep has been working with databases all his life. Born in a small village by the Mediterranean, he currently lives in Barcelona. He loves tech, traveling, good food, music and, all things NASA. He hates talking about himself in the third person and has a particular sense of humor. Happily married, he is the father of three boys and three cats.

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December 11, 2025

A Christmas Carol of Two Databases

December 9, 2025

How to Turn a MySQL Unique Key Into a Primary Key

November 14, 2025

A Tale of Two Databases: No-Op Updates in PostgreSQL and MySQL

September 8, 2025

Swimming with Sharks: Analyzing Encrypted Database Traffic Using Wireshark

A Tale of Two Databases: How PostgreSQL and MySQL Handle Torn Pages

The Impacts of Fragmentation in MySQL

November 3, 2022

Raspberry on the Rocks: Build Percona Server for MySQL With MyRocks on Your Raspberry Pi

December 30, 2021

Percona Monitoring and Management 2 Test Drive Using VirtualBox and SSH Tunnels

Percona XtraBackup for Windows

January 19, 2021

The MySQL Clone Wars: Plugin vs. Percona XtraBackup

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