👋 Hello December! Hope everyone had a great November and for those who celebrated, a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

Before we dive in, a quick note: our VP of Product, Tanmay Sinha, and I are currently at AWS re:Invent and would love to connect with you! If you’re attending and want to discuss database scaling, click here to set up a meeting. 

Now, here’s what’s new at Readyset. 

New Interactive Readyset Cloud Demo

We’re excited to share that Readyset Cloud now includes an interactive demo, making it easier than ever to experience the game-changing boost in query performance!

The demo has everything pre-configured: a client, a Readyset cache, and a database loaded with demo data. You’ll follow a seamless, step-by-step guide to identify cacheable queries, cache them, and observe impressive latency improvements. 

To try it out, log in or sign up at readyset.cloud, create a project, select the demo option on the create a cluster page and follow along the guided tour. 

🚀 Product Updates

Readyset Cloud

• Updated the base image version from 1.0.8 to 1.0.16 for the latest fixes and improvements.
• Improved latency chart filtering for more effective data visualization.  
• Enhanced clarity in Change Data Capture (CDC) settings and warnings. 
• Added helpful confirmation modals for actions like cache drops. 
• Implemented clearer action descriptions to improve table replication. 
• Added support for asynchronous query caching for faster, more flexible query handling.  

Readyset Core

• Stay tuned — our final core release of 2024 is coming in our December update!

💡 New from the Blog and Youtube

• Why Query Caching Is the Most Cost-Effective Way To Scale Databases — and Everyone’s Missing It: Scaling databases is a common challenge, and query caching is often overlooked as a solution. This post explores why it’s the smartest and most cost-effective approach. 
• Migrating From RDS MySQL 5.7 to RDS MySQL 8.0 Using Blue/Green Deployment and Readyset: With MySQL 5.7 reaching end-of-life, many users migrating to MySQL 8.0 face challenges due to the removal of Query Cache. This post provides a step-by-step migration strategy leveraging ProxySQL and Readyset to bridge the performance gap left by its removal.
• What is Readyset? Watch our VP of Product, Tanmay Sinha, explain how Readyset’s SQL query caching system is transforming how companies handle database scaling – with zero code changes.

📣 We’re Hiring!

The Readyset team is growing and we’re looking for a talented software engineer to join our cloud team. 

Think you’d be a great fit? Check out the role here and apply!

🧑‍💻 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.

🤝 Get Involved

We love hearing from you! If you want to get involved with Readyset, you can:

• Submit a feature request or bug report on Github
• Join the conversation in our Slack community
• Contribute to the codebase through our newcomer issue