PlanetScale Launches Schema Recommendations Feature

PlanetScale introduces schema recommendations to enhance database performance through insights based on production traffic.

Schema recommendations offer actionable DDL statements that can improve database schemas by optimizing performance and resources.

Users can access recommendations via the 'Insights' tab or through a weekly email report, with details to apply changes safely.

The feature relies on telemetry, Kafka event triggers, and index cardinality analysis to identify potential improvements.

Initial launch includes recommendations on adding indexes, removing redundant indexes, preventing primary key ID exhaustion, and dropping unused tables.