VillageSQL = MySQL and Extensions

INSTALL EXTENSION vsql-complex; CREATE TABLE t (val COMPLEX);Look, MySQL is awesome [flamewar incoming?]. But the ecosystem has stagnated. Why?No permissionless innovation. Postgres has flourished because people can change the core of the database (look at pgvector and pg_textsearch), without having to get their changes accepted upstream.(This, btw, is what powered GitHub's early success: you can fork a repo and make changes without needing the owners' approval)VillageSQL is a tracking fork of MySQL (open source, ofc) that adds an extension framework: * Drop-in replacement* Add custom data types and functions (with indexes coming soon)* we wrote example extensions (vsql-ai, -uuid, crypto, etc.)* you have a better idea for an extension* my CEO submitted a Show HN post but linked to the announcement blog; help me show him hackers want code first* I'm particularly proud of the friendly C++ API to add custom functions (in func_builder.h)That link again is https://github.com/villagesql/villagesql-server(Oh, and I get to work with the former TL of Google's BigTable and Colossus, so we care about doing databases Right)