Moving Data from MySQL to BigQuery (Without Turning It Into a Side Project)

You don’t notice the problem right away. Everything runs smoothly in MySQL… until a new report shows up. Then queries slow down, dashboards lag, and you start realizing you’re stretching the database beyond what it’s good at. That’s usually when BigQuery enters the picture. So the real question becomes: How do you actually move data between them without turning it into a side project? Let’s walk through the three approaches that people actually use — and where each one makes sense. First, a quic