With few new features and heavy focus on code base cleanup and feature deprecation, it became obvious to many that Oracle had decided to just keep MySQL barely alive, and put all new relevant features (e.g. vector search) into Heatwave, Oracle’s closed-source and cloud-only service for MySQL customers.

In case anyone was wondering what is happening

Popular != Good

I’m not sure I’m on board with this “fewer CVE’s reported means the product is more secure” logic in this article…