I led the migration of MySQL from a traditional LAMP stack onto Google Cloud SQL, redesigning the network architecture around it so both the AccuDash service system and the Furniture Academy platform run on GCP with strong performance and a healthy cost balance.
Outgrowing the LAMP Stack
Running MySQL on a traditional LAMP stack meant managing the database, the box under it, and the network around it by hand. Moving to Cloud SQL promised managed performance and resilience — but only if the surrounding network was redesigned to use it well and keep costs in check.
What I Delivered
LAMP → Cloud SQL
Migrated MySQL off the traditional LAMP stack onto managed Google Cloud SQL.
Network architecture redesign
Reworked the network around Cloud SQL for performance and proper isolation.
Both platforms on GCP
Landed AccuDash and the Furniture Academy platform together on Google Cloud.
Cost-effective by design
Tuned the design to a strong net cost balance against pre-migration GCP spend.
Skills & Tools
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The Impact
MySQL now runs on managed Google Cloud SQL behind a redesigned network, with both AccuDash and the Furniture Academy platform hosted on GCP — better database performance and resilience at a cost that pencils out.
Let Google Run the Database
Self-managed databases quietly tax every other project. Moving MySQL to Cloud SQL — and redesigning the network to match — handed the undifferentiated heavy lifting to Google and kept the bill honest, freeing attention for the work that actually moves the business.
