Tumblr @ Percona Live NYC, Oct 1-2

MySQL is an integral component of Tumblr’s architecture. For performance reasons, we run Percona Server, a drop-in replacement for MySQL with major enhancements; we’ve also relied heavily on Percona for their consulting expertise for years. So naturally we’re very excited to attend the New York edition of the Percona Live MySQL Conference, coming up on October 1-2!

On October 2 we’ll be presenting the design and implementation of Jetpants, Tumblr’s open source toolkit for interacting with hundreds of database servers. Our session will delve into the motivations behind our toolkit, explain its internals, and discuss Tumblr’s database growth story as a whole.

If that’s not enough Jetpants for you, how about a live demonstration? Tim Ellis of PalominoDB will be giving a tutorial on October 1 covering the modern ecosystem of MySQL sharding options and tools, including Jetpants.

Several Tumblr engineers will be in attendance at Percona Live. If you’d like to chat about our engineering efforts (or even employment opportunities), come say hello!