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This MySQL replication error — fatal error 1236 / Replica has more GTIDs than the source has, using the source's SERVER_UUID — shows the importance of thinking before acting.  I am glad a non-DBA Colleague asked me about it, because if he had restarted replication, it would have caused a much bigger mess. Often, we are tempted — or pushed — to just restart things

Uber has been in the news for numerous reasons in the past few days. Be it expansion to new countries or selling its China operations to Didi chuxing, Uber is growing exponentially and expanding into newer markets. Recently, Uber also announced a major change – Changing their databases from Postgres to MySQL. While enterprises are constantly checking and trying to find the right fit for their databases, it takes immense research and analysis to decide on THE one.

Each enterprise has their own requirements and it is imperative for the company to decide on the database that suits their needs. This is exactly what Uber did. Uber recently shared a …