🌍 PlanetScale

3 guides covering real-world deployment patterns, gotchas, and integration decisions for PlanetScale.

PlanetScale is a MySQL-compatible serverless database platform built on Vitess (used by YouTube). Its deploy request workflow enables non-blocking schema changes without table locks — eliminating the downtime risk of traditional ALTER TABLE migrations.

  • Non-blocking schema changes via the deploy request workflow
  • Database branching for safe schema migration development
  • Boost: transparent query caching layer to reduce read load
  • Insights: query-level analytics for slow query identification
  • MySQL-compatible — works with Prisma, Drizzle, TypeORM, and Hibernate
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PlanetScale April 14, 2026 1 min

Connecting PlanetScale to Your AI Stack: Prisma, LangChain, and Connection Pooling

PlanetScale works with any MySQL-compatible client, but there are specific patterns that matter for AI applications — especially around connection pooling in serverless environments and integrating wi...

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PlanetScale April 14, 2026 1 min

PlanetScale Boost: Query Caching That Actually Works in Production

PlanetScale Boost is a transparent query caching layer built into the database connection. You enable it, point your connection string at the Boost endpoint, and frequently-run queries are served from...

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PlanetScale April 14, 2026 2 min

PlanetScale Explained: The Deploy Request Workflow and Why It Changes Schema Migrations

PlanetScale's deploy request workflow is the most misunderstood part of the platform. For developers coming from traditional Postgres or MySQL, the lack of foreign key constraints and the branch-based...

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