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How do Database Indexes Work?

If you’ve queried a database, you’ve probably used an index, even if you didn’t know it at the time. Database indexes help speed up read queries by creating ancillary data structures that make your scans faster. This post will walk through how database indexes work, with a particular focus on MySQL, everyone’s (well, many people’s) favorite homegrown organic database. After you read through how databases indexes work, make sure you check out our video on how to speed things up using composite in

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OpenAI News

DALL·E 2: Extending creativity

As part of our DALL·E 2 research preview, more than 3,000 artists from more than 118 countries have incorporated DALL·E into their creative workflows. The artists in our early access group have helped us discover new uses for DALL·E and have served as key voices as we’ve made decisions about DALL·E’s features.

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PlanetScale Blog

Getting started with the PlanetScale CLI

Most modern platforms offer an excellent UI designed to get developers up and running quickly, and PlanetScale is no exception. However, a great command-line interface (also known as a CLI) can help developers in ways such as speeding up their tasks with the platform or automating tasks using scripts and DevOps tools. In this article, we take a look at how you can quickly get up and running with the CLI, as well as perform some of the common tasks within PlanetScale like: viewing databases creat

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