December Product Update

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👋 Hello 2025 – Hope you’re settling into the new year and had a joyful holiday season!

Let's dive into what's new at Readyset. 

Readyset MySQL Interactive Demo

In November, we launched our interactive demo for Postgres, and we're excited to announce that the demo is now live for MySQL as well! 

With a pre-configured setup—including a client, Readyset cache, and demo database—seeing Readyset in action is easier than ever. Just create a Readyset Cloud account, follow the easy step-by-step guide, and experience blazing-fast performance.

Try it out here.

🚀 Product Updates

Readyset Cloud

  • Enhanced user interface to integrate seamlessly with the VPC peering workflow, improving interactions and overall user experience.
  • Enabled S3 bucket backups in production, improving data safety and ensuring reliable backup options.
  • Implemented point-in-time backups for DynamoDB, allowing users to recover data at any specific point in time.
  • Added SQL formatting in the Test Readyset modal, enhancing usability by making it easier for users to read and debug queries.
  • Improved cluster failure reporting during deployment, providing users with more transparent and timely notifications for better troubleshooting.
  • Refined visual and interaction elements, offering a more cohesive and user-friendly experience through typography updates and better loading states.
  • And more! 

Readyset Core

  • Improved replication performance by discarding unnecessary events earlier in the process.
  • Added support for snapshotting new tables without requiring a restart of the adapter, improving flexibility and minimizing downtime for better table management. 
    • The new command accepts a comma list of tables: ALTER READYSET ADD TABLES <db>.<table_name1>, <db>.<table_name2>.
  • Fixed issues preventing connection and replication from a MySQL 5.7 instance.
  • Enhanced MySQL snapshot performance by removing the need for an exact row count, increasing efficiency and reducing complexity.
  • Fixed an issue to forward COM_PING to the backend connection, ensuring stable connections. 
  • And more! 

Check out the full release here.

AWS re:Invent Recap

We had an incredible time at re:Invent, connecting with the talented community and diving into database scaling challenges over coffee, drinks, and great meals.If we missed you in person, we’d love to continue the conversation! You can schedule a Zoom meeting with me and our VP of Product, Tanmay Sinha, here.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at re:Invent 2025!

💡Upcoming Events


FOSDEM 2025

The Readyset team is heading to Brussels for FOSDEM (2/1 and 2/2), preFOSDEM MySQL Belgian Days (1/30 and 1/31), and FOSDEM PGDay (1/31)! 

Catch us on stage during the preFOSDEM Belgian Days and let’s connect throughout the events.

If you’re interested in chatting about all things databases, book some time here. Coffee or beers, on us! 

🧑‍💻 Request Features

Keen to use Readyset but your database or cloud environment are not supported? Reach out to support@readyset.io and let us know.

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