# MySQL is having a bumpy journey

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Podcast: [The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backend-engineering-show-with-hussein-nasser-847440)
Published: 2024-09-28T02:31:00+00:00
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Fundamentals of Database Engineering udemy course https://databases.win MySQL has been having bumpy journey since 2018 with the release of the version 8.0. Critical crashes that made to the final product, significant performance regressions, and tons of stability and bugs issues. In this video I explore what happened to MySql, are these issues getting fixed? And what is the current state of MySQL at the end of 2024. 0:00 Intro 2:00 MySQL 8.0 vs 5.7 Performance 11:00 Critical Crash in 8.0.38, 8.4.1 and 9.0.0 15:40 Is 8.4 better than 8.0.36? 16:30 More Features = More Bugs 22:30 Summary and my thoughts resources https://x.com/MarkCallaghanDB/status/1786428909376164263 https://www.percona.com/blog/do-not-upgrade-to-any-version-of-mysql-after-8-0-37/ http://smalldatum.blogspot.com/2024/09/mysql-innodb-vs-sysbench-on-large-server.html https://www.percona.com/blog/mysql-8-0-vs-5-7-are-the-newer-versions-more-problematic/

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