MySQL Consulting Services

MySQL consulting that fixes the database, not just the symptom

MySQL runs a huge share of the operational systems we get called into: e-commerce backends, SaaS products, internal apps, WordPress installs that quietly became business-critical. The database usually worked fine at launch. Then the data grew, the query patterns changed, and now checkout is slow, reports time out, and nobody on the team wants to touch the schema.

DEV3LOPCOM, LLC is an Austin, Texas consultancy that works on exactly that. We are 100% onshore, and our founder spent years as a Tableau Software Professional Services consultant, which means we think about MySQL the way your analysts and your application both experience it: as a source that has to answer queries fast and feed reporting without falling over.

How a MySQL engagement runs

We keep the process short and legible. First, an assessment: we read your slow query log, run EXPLAIN on the worst offenders, review index usage against actual query patterns, and check server configuration (buffer pool sizing, connection limits, replication lag) against your workload. Second, a design: a written plan covering schema changes, index changes, and any migration or replication work, sequenced so nothing breaks in production. Third, the build: we execute the plan, usually with online schema-change tooling so tables stay available. Finally, handoff: documentation, runbooks, and a walkthrough with your team so the knowledge does not leave when we do.

Problems we fix constantly

Some patterns show up in almost every MySQL codebase we inherit:

• Queries that scan millions of rows because an index exists but the query can’t use it — implicit type casts, functions wrapped around indexed columns, or leading-wildcard LIKE clauses.
• utf8 columns that are actually utf8mb3 and silently mangle emoji and international text; we migrate to utf8mb4 without downtime.
• Reporting queries hammering the primary and stalling the application. We split reads onto a replica or, better, move analytics into a proper data pipeline that lands data in a warehouse built for that job.
• Backups that exist but have never been restored. We test point-in-time recovery for real, because a backup you haven’t restored is a hypothesis.
• InnoDB tables sized for defaults, not for the workload, so the working set no longer fits in the buffer pool and every query pays for disk.

If your longer-term direction is off MySQL entirely, we also handle migrations — to AWS RDS, Cloud SQL, or laterally to PostgreSQL when the feature set justifies the move.

Why teams pick dev3lop

We have done data work at serious scale: pipelines handling trillions of records for Nielsen, and a high-availability Tableau Server migration for GoPro where the reporting layer depended on the databases underneath behaving predictably. That background shapes how we treat MySQL — not as an isolated box to tune, but as the foundation of everything downstream: dashboards, pipelines, and the decisions people make from them.

We also connect the database to the rest of your stack. If the end goal is analytics, our Tableau consulting practice picks up where the database work ends.

Start with an assessment

Most engagements begin with a focused review of your current MySQL setup — a week or less, ending in a concrete, prioritized plan. If the database is slowing your product or your reporting down, contact us and tell us what’s hurting. We’ll tell you honestly whether it’s a two-day fix or a real project.