Which is more important, actual or perceived performance? I especially liked the referenced data showing how people may perceive performance.

A full-text extension for SQLite, found while reading Google’s use of SQLite in Google Gears.

Swivel is like Flickr, but for data trends (via David Ascher).

NutritionData.com has a nifty Firefox search plugin to search foods in their database. Very handy.

Raaum clearly documents some of Rails ActiveRecord database conventions. And some migrations notes in the Rails wiki.

A few interesting libraries: D store, an in-memory database abstraction, and Vstr, a secured, scalable string library.

The first summary of howto manage people that I can agree with. It’s sensible in a down-to-earth sort of way.

According to Codd’s 13 rules, MS Access isn’t a proper relational database, or is it? A good refresher on the concept of relational databases.

Some tips on MySQL settings for largeness, avoid pain and suffering by understanding how it works.

Let’s get a real database, a story about Google choosing a ‘real’ database over MySql (for Adwords) and then the developers regretting it.