MySQL best practice for data analysis.

my.cnf

[client]
default-character-set = utf8mb4

[mysql]
default-character-set = utf8mb4

[mysqld]
# Enabling the binlog
binlog_format    = row
binlog_row_image = full

# Starting with MySQL 5.6 row based replication can be configured to include the original SQL statement with each binlog event.
binlog_rows_query_log_events = on

# Enforce real UTF-8.
# See https://medium.com/@adamhooper/in-mysql-never-use-utf8-use-utf8mb4-11761243e434
character-set-client-handshake = FALSE
character-set-server           = utf8mb4
collation-server               = utf8mb4_unicode_ci

# As long as possible.
expire_logs_days = 10

# GTIDs, not necessary if you're using AWS Aurora.
gtid_mode                 = on
enforce_gtid_consistency  = on

[mysqldump]
# Prevents you from blowing memory when dumping large tables.
quick
quote_names