Tobias Petry

Hey 👋 I was always confused when trying to optimize a slow MySQL query as the output of the EXPLAIN command is so cryptic and totally useless. And there wasn't any tool that could help visualize what a query does - compared to PostgreSQL which has multiple... So, I started developing such a tool for MySQL. But boy, I didn't expect how complicated this is in reality. There were so many things...

I've been using SEO Gets since the beta. Why? The Google Search console was always pretty useless to me: The weekend drops made seeing any trend hard (i can now average by week). But the most important feature was defining some keywords as "brand terms". So my site's name and similar ones. By having these standout (and the ability to focus/hide on them) I could see that most of my traffic was...

The Tech Stacks of startups are constantly evolving, but their database use is still the same as 20 years ago. No attention is paid to the database when using an ORM mapper or other abstractions. But that is a wasted opportunity because MySQL and PostgreSQL nowadays bring many features that make development easier. Learning database internals and secret techniques took me years, and I don't...

I am using snappify for many months to share database tips on Twitter, and it has reduced my work so much! In the past, I had to make code screenshots, put them on a background and constantly fight with Photoshop to make these look outstanding, so I can share them. And now I just open snappify do everything there and can concentrate more on my tips than the visuals. And the best of it?...

That's really great! Played with some numbers and seeing these estimations is really nice. It would be nice to get an option for yearly paid plans only.

I use expose regularly, it works really great. There's no simpler way to quickly test your website on a real mobile device.