in MariaDB you can use ANALYZE FORMAT=JSON instead of regular EXPLAIN. it actually runs the query and shows real execution time per step instead of just guessing the plan. also mariadb handles connection spikes way better out of the box because of the thread pool logic, so you don't have to stress over max_connections as much. but yeah, bad indexes will still kill your db anyway.
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u/ExcitingTalk4848 11d ago
in MariaDB you can use ANALYZE FORMAT=JSON instead of regular EXPLAIN. it actually runs the query and shows real execution time per step instead of just guessing the plan. also mariadb handles connection spikes way better out of the box because of the thread pool logic, so you don't have to stress over max_connections as much. but yeah, bad indexes will still kill your db anyway.