If you are using the expire_logs_days setting for automatic binary log removal in MySQL and your binary logs are not automatically deleting themselves (SHOW MASTER LOGS), it’s probably because the index is out of sync with the actual log folder. Manually remove the logs (/var/log/mysql) and then do RESET MASTER to get things back in [...]

“Because of the recent growth due to Facebook Connect and internationalization, we are running out of our allocated 32bit UIDs.” Running out. Of 32bit UIDs. I wish I had Facebook’s problems.