I'll believe it when I see it. Millions of applications use MySQL, and Vitess has only matured and grown.
They said Java was done like five times. It's in the midst of another massive revival. I think the bet on MySQL is a solid one, and I think reasonable minds should be able to differ about this, so I can't bring myself to be as sure as you seem to be.
I can say this: Our app, built on Planetscale and MySQL's protocol, has been fantastic to work with. We run locally against MySQL and H2, and in prod against Planetscale. Everything works really well. Boost, replication, backups, branching, etc etc. We use all of them. Every feature works great, does exactly what it says on the tin. We have never had a single problem.
So, in theory, yes, these things are all on a timeline of some kind between life and death, but I find it very hard to believe MySQL or Vitess are near the end of theirs.
I don't really recall because I don't think our database has needed much on top of stock MySQL. Maybe JSON columns? I don't really care. Just being candid as a user; it has not worried me, no.
They said Java was done like five times. It's in the midst of another massive revival. I think the bet on MySQL is a solid one, and I think reasonable minds should be able to differ about this, so I can't bring myself to be as sure as you seem to be.
I can say this: Our app, built on Planetscale and MySQL's protocol, has been fantastic to work with. We run locally against MySQL and H2, and in prod against Planetscale. Everything works really well. Boost, replication, backups, branching, etc etc. We use all of them. Every feature works great, does exactly what it says on the tin. We have never had a single problem.
So, in theory, yes, these things are all on a timeline of some kind between life and death, but I find it very hard to believe MySQL or Vitess are near the end of theirs.