Discover the new features in MySQLTuner v2.9.2: advanced Galera (wsrep) diagnostics, hardware LSI MegaRAID detection fixes, --skipworkload parameter, and CVE database path fallbacks.
Discover the new features in MySQLTuner v2.9.1: AI-focused JSON output, Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, deep InnoDB and HA cluster diagnostics, SQL linter, and HA E2E test harness.
Discover the new Interactive HTML Reports in MySQLTuner v2.9.0! Learn about the self-contained dashboard, resource saturation heatmap, and visual performance indicators.
Hardening database audits: learn how MySQLTuner-perl was secured against symlink attacks and credential exposure in log files in the latest v2.8.44 releases.
How do you modernize legacy Perl? Take a look behind the scenes at how the MySQLTuner team achieved a massive leap from 55% to 92% test coverage without using external mocking libraries.
Discover the latest features in MySQLTuner v2.8.44! Learn about the new zero-dependency HTML reports, advanced SQL dump compression, and core-aware cache optimization recommendations.
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