Trilogy is a client library for MySQL-compatible database servers. It was open sourced along with an Active Record adapter by GitHub this past year. With promises of improved performance, better portability and compatibility, and fewer dependencies, Shopify’s Rails Infrastructure team decided to migrate our core Rails monolith from Mysql2 to Trilogy. @shopify Senior Software Developer Adrianna Chang explores why the Trilogy client was built and why Shopify wanted to adopt it. Links: https://rubyonrails.org/ #RailsWorld #RubyonRails #rails #opensource #MySQL #ActiveRecord #Trilogy Thank you Dell APEX for sponsoring the editing and post-production of these videos. Visit them at: https://dell.com/APEX