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Datetimes versus timestamps in MySQL

There are several different ways to store dates and times in MySQL, and knowing which one to use requires understanding what you'll be storing and how MySQL handles each type. There are five column types that you can use to store temporal data in MySQL. They are: DATE DATETIME TIMESTAMP YEAR TIME Each column type stores slightly different data, has different minimum and maximum values, and requires different amounts of storage. In the table below, you'll see each column type and their various at

Prisma Client Extensions Are Now Production Ready (4.16.0)

Make Prisma Client do even more with Client extensions, now Generally Available. Extend your client, models, queries, and results to tailor Prisma Client to your use case.

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Introducing Skew Protection

Have you ever seen a 404 for requests from old clients after a deployment? Or gotten a 500 error because the client didn’t know that a new server deployment changed an API? We're introducing a generic fix for this problem space. Vercel customers are deploying over 6 million times per month, making their businesses more successful one commit at a time. But since the dawn of the distributed computing age, each system deployment has introduced the risk of breakage: When client and server deployment

Package Exports Support in React Native

With the release of React Native 0.72, Metro — our JavaScript build tool — now includes beta support for the package.json "exports" field. When enabled, it adds the following functionality:

React Native 0.72 - Symlink Support, Better Errors, and more

Today we’re releasing 0.72!

Node.js 18.16.1 (LTS)