diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce8acb6e..642a234d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1115,17 +1115,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sqlx-example-quickstart"
-version = "0.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "async-std",
- "env_logger",
- "log",
- "sqlx",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlx-mysql"
 version = "0.6.0-pre"
@@ -1150,6 +1139,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_async-std"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-std",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+ "sqlx",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_blocking"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+ "sqlx",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_tokio"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+ "sqlx",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -1250,15 +1271,30 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d258221f566b6c803c7b4714abadc080172b272090cdc5e244a6d4dd13c3a6bd"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg 1.0.1",
+ "bytes",
  "libc",
+ "memchr",
  "mio",
+ "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
+ "tokio-macros",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-macros"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42517d2975ca3114b22a16192634e8241dc5cc1f130be194645970cc1c371494"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.12.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a084688a..11c8d32c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ members = [
     "sqlx-core",
     "sqlx-mysql",
     "sqlx",
-    "examples/quickstart"
+
+    # examples
+    "examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking",
+    "examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std",
+    "examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio"
 ]
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/Cargo.toml b/examples/quickstart/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d282eea..00000000
--- a/examples/quickstart/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "sqlx-example-quickstart"
-version = "0.0.0"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-edition = "2018"
-authors = [
-    "LaunchBadge <contact@launchbadge.com>"
-]
-
-[dependencies]
-#actix-web = "3.3.2"
-anyhow = "1.0.36"
-#async-std = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["attributes"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
-log = "0.4"
-env_logger = "0.8.2"
-#sqlx = { path = "../../sqlx", features = ["tokio", "mysql"] }
-sqlx = { path = "../../sqlx", features = ["blocking", "tokio", "mysql"] }
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/Cargo.toml b/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31b95cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_async-std"
+version = "0.0.0"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+authors = [
+    "LaunchBadge <contact@launchbadge.com>"
+]
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
+async-std = { version = "1.8.0", features = ["attributes"] }
+log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.8.2"
+sqlx = { path = "../../../sqlx", features = [ "async-std", "mysql"] }
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/src/main.rs b/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1369fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+async-std/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use sqlx::mysql::{MySqlConnectOptions, MySqlConnection};
+use sqlx::prelude::*;
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    env_logger::try_init()?;
+
+    // parse the connection URL
+    let mut conn: MySqlConnection = MySqlConnectOptions::parse("mysql://root@localhost")?
+        // set a password (perhaps from somewhere else than the rest of the URL)
+        .password("password")
+        // connect to the database (asynchronously)
+        .connect()
+        .await?;
+
+    // ping, this makes sure the server is still there
+    // hopefully it is – we did just connect to it
+    conn.ping().await?;
+
+    // close the connection explicitly
+    // this kindly informs the database server that we'll be terminating
+    // while not strictly required, the server will dispose of connection resources faster
+    conn.close().await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/Cargo.toml b/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7706a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_blocking"
+version = "0.0.0"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+authors = [
+    "LaunchBadge <contact@launchbadge.com>"
+]
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
+log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.8.2"
+sqlx = { path = "../../../sqlx", features = [ "blocking", "mysql"] }
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/src/main.rs b/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2999c684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+blocking/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use sqlx::mysql::{MySqlConnectOptions, MySqlConnection};
+use sqlx::prelude::*;
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    env_logger::try_init()?;
+
+    // parse the connection URL
+    let mut conn: MySqlConnection = MySqlConnectOptions::parse("mysql://root@localhost")?
+        // set a password (perhaps from somewhere else than the rest of the URL)
+        .password("password")
+        // connect to the database (blocking)
+        .connect()?;
+
+    // ping, this makes sure the server is still there
+    // hopefully it is – we did just connect to it
+    conn.ping()?;
+
+    // close the connection explicitly
+    // this kindly informs the database server that we'll be terminating
+    // while not strictly required, the server will dispose of connection resources faster
+    conn.close()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/Cargo.toml b/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59cf6674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "sqlx_example_quickstart_mysql_tokio"
+version = "0.0.0"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+edition = "2018"
+authors = [
+    "LaunchBadge <contact@launchbadge.com>"
+]
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.36"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+log = "0.4"
+env_logger = "0.8.2"
+sqlx = { path = "../../../sqlx", features = [ "tokio", "mysql"] }
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/src/main.rs b/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05c727ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/quickstart/mysql+tokio/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use sqlx::mysql::{MySqlConnectOptions, MySqlConnection};
+use sqlx::prelude::*;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    env_logger::try_init()?;
+
+    // parse the connection URL
+    let mut conn: MySqlConnection = MySqlConnectOptions::parse("mysql://root@localhost")?
+        // set a password (perhaps from somewhere else than the rest of the URL)
+        .password("password")
+        // connect to the database (asynchronously)
+        .connect()
+        .await?;
+
+    // ping, this makes sure the server is still there
+    // hopefully it is – we did just connect to it
+    conn.ping().await?;
+
+    // close the connection explicitly
+    // this kindly informs the database server that we'll be terminating
+    // while not strictly required, the server will dispose of connection resources faster
+    conn.close().await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/src/main.rs b/examples/quickstart/src/main.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index dc5a6fcb..00000000
--- a/examples/quickstart/src/main.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-// use sqlx::prelude::*;
-use sqlx::blocking::{prelude::*, Blocking};
-use sqlx::mysql::MySqlConnection;
-
-// #[tokio::main]
-// async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-//     env_logger::try_init()?;
-//
-//     // connect to the database
-//     let mut conn = <MySqlConnection>::connect("mysql://root:password@localhost").await?;
-//
-//     // ping, say HAI
-//     conn.ping().await?;
-//
-//     // , and now close the connection explicitly
-//     conn.close().await?;
-//
-//     Ok(())
-// }
-
-fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    env_logger::try_init()?;
-
-    let mut conn = <MySqlConnection<Blocking>>::connect("mysql://root:password@localhost")?;
-
-    conn.ping()?;
-    conn.close()?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}