Data in the Hallway

In Episode 65, Michiel De Backker (CTO of Twintag )  explains how his company uses Apache DataFusion to federate multiple databases including TiDB to support digital product passports.  Michiel's presentation at FOSDEM: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TWVSNU-datafusion-federation/  TiDB PR for Apache Arrow Flight Support: https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/pull/65422   If you have any fee...

—————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database. —————————  Developer resources ————————— 💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Develo...

In Episode 63, we sit down with Cassio Perin and Everton Silva from Bling to discuss their migration journey to TiDB and their contributions to the TiDB community.  Bling's migration journey blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/mysql-to-tidb-migration-how-bling-scaled-25tb-database/ Bento Gonçalves wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento_Gon%C3%A7alves,_Rio_Grande_do_Sul If you...

In this episode 62, we talk with three representatives of the "Best Use of TiDB" winning teams (Redzwan Latif, Yi Cheng, and Chun Rong Lim) from the Cursor x Anthropic Hackathon Malaysia. We discuss their projects, their impression of TiDB, and how they used TiDB.    Hackathon homepage: https://cursor-hack-my.devpost.com/  B40 Life Simulator project: https://devpost.com/software/b40-life...

In Episode 61, we talk to Hasitha Ariyarantha (Founder at CrowdSnapAI ) and discuss his experience with TiDB and how his team is building a new analytics tool with features like TiDB Vector Search.   2024 TiDB Hackathon project CrowdVibe: https://devpost.com/software/crowdvibe-xrbgvm Lens by Crowdsnap: https://analyzer.crowdsnap.ai/  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can em...

In this episode, we talk to Charles Eckel (Principal Engineer at Cisco) and Ildiko Vancsa (Director of Community at OpenInfra Foundation) to discuss FOSDEM including tips for people attending the event for the first time and how everyone can contribute to the event.  Databases devroom at FOSDEM'26: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/databases/ Wikipedia page for FOSDEM: https://en.wikiped...

In Episode 59, we sit down with Ben Sherrill and talk about Zero-Downtime Upgrades in TiDB. Ben discusses why Zero-Downtime Upgrades are possible in TiDB and shares some tips for users to ensure smooth upgrades.  Blog post on Zero-Downtime Upgrades:  https://www.pingcap.com/blog/achieving-zero-downtime-upgrades-tidb/  Hands-on Lab for Zero-Downtime Upgrades: https://labs.tidb.io/labs/demo_005  Why...

In this episode, we talk to Mark Price (Co-founder of NetActuate) about restoring old hardware and what we lessons we can learn from working with old equipments.  Serial Port YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theserialport  Kramden Institute: https://kramden.org/  Dorton Arena: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorton_Arena  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email u...

In this episode, we talk to Andy Pavlo from Carnegie Mellon University about his database classes and research. We then talk about how AI is impacting Computer Science education.   Andy Pavlo faculty page: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/ Database of databases: https://dbdb.io/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP an...

In this episode, we sit down with Arnaud Adant (Database Team Lead at Jump Trading Group) to discuss key factors to consider when people are selecting their database(s).  Clickhouse sink connector repo: https://github.com/Altinity/clickhouse-sink-connector  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— Pi...

In this espisode, we talk to two winners of the TiDB AgentX Hackathon Aishwarya Nathani & Nikhil Mankani. We discuss the inspiration for their PetFitAI project and how they built their application with TiDB's AI features.  PetFitAI project page: https://tinyurl.com/8c3kjh6r  TiDB AgentX Hackathon page: https://tidb-2025-hackathon.devpost.com/ Hybrid search in TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.co...

In this episode, we sit down with Shannon Dosemagen of the Open Environmental Data Project to discuss the importance of openness and transparency in her Climate & Environmental Movement work Shannon's keynote at the Open Source Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fhgyeejtzs  Open Environmental Data Project: https://www.openenvironmentaldata.org/  Gathering for Open Science Hardware (...

In this episode, we sit down with Airton Lastori (Product Manager for TiDB ) to discuss how MySQL users can evaluate if TiDB is the right database for them and tools that are available to help with their migration. * MySQL BR Conf: https://mysqlbr.com.br/ * Migration tools forTiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/migration-tools/   * TiDB's MySQL compatibility: https://docs.pingcap.com/t...

In this episode, we talk to Matthew Penaroza (Principal Solutions Engineer for TiDB) about different databases, their use cases, and Open Source options.  TiDB Documentation (incl.  integrations with other databases and tools): https://docs.pingcap.com/  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compa...

In this episode, we sit down with David Stokes (Community Manager at DBeaver ) to discuss DBeaver and their support for TiDB.    DBeaver Community: https://dbeaver.io/ Connect to TiDB with DBeaver: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/dev-guide-gui-dbeaver/ Build a Great Business on Open Source without Selling Your Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h175hkuo1ZU —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB...

We welcomeChris Dabatos (DevRel Manager for TiDB) to this episode to discuss this year's Hackathon called the TiDB AgentX Hackathon with more than $US 30,000 in prizes.  Hackathon event page: https://tidb-2025-hackathon.devpost.com/  Building a Semantic Q&A App in minutes: https://youtu.be/LT-BtP84mdQ  The Modern, Unified GenAI Data Stack: https://www.pingcap.com/ebook-whitepaper/modern-u...

We welcome back Sam Dillard to this episode and discuss RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and how TiDB can support developers working on RAG-based applications.  Ask anything about #tidb at https://tidb.ai/  TiDB Chat2Query: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-cloud-glossary/#chat2query  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  ————————...

In this episode, we welcome back Ahmad Ghazal (Distinguished Engineer at PingCAP) to discuss recently published IEEE paper on Hyper (Hybrid Physical Design Advisor).  Link to the paper from the 2025 IEEE 41st International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) Let your database recommend indexes If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  ———————...

In this episode, we sit down with Kabilesh P.R. (Founding Partner at Mydbops) to discuss what's driving the rapid growth of TiDB in India today. Kabilesh also shares examples of TiDB users in the country.  Why Flipkart chose TiDB: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-flipkart-chose-tidb-to-replace-its-large-mysql-fleet/  TiDB Labs: https://labs.tidb.io/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for...

In this episode, we talk to two of the winners of the internal hackathon to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of TiDB. Terry Purcell (Chief Optimizer Architect) tells us about his team's project improve the Query Optimizer Cost Model in TiDB, and Kyle Biniasz (Head of Demand Gen at PingCAP) discusses his team's SDR Automation Platform.  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episode...

In this episode, Loc Trinh (Head of Solutions Architecture at  @PingCAP ) talks about where the #fintech industry is today and how #tidb is helping address these challenges for FinTech customers.  TiDB for FinTech: https://www.pingcap.com/solutions/fintech/  Why Plaid migrated to TiDB: https://www.pingcap.com/video/why-plaid-migrated-from-managed-mysql-to-tidb/  If you have any feedback or suggest...

Mattias Jonsson (Sr. Database Engineer at PingCAP ) joins us in this episode to talk about how the TiDB team worked to optimize Online DDL and what types of results we're seeing.  TiDB DDL optimizations blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/tidb-ddl-optimizations-unleashing-50x-performance-increases/  DDL documentation: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/ddl-introduction/#how-the-online-d...

—————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database. —————————  Developer resources ————————— 💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Develo...

In this episode, we talk to Ben Meadowcroft (Product Lead for TiDB Core) about the latest Long-term Support (LTS) release TiDB 8.5 and discussed highlights of the release.  * TiDB 8.5 release notes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/release-8.5.0#tidb-850-release-notes  * TiDB roadmap: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/dev/tidb-roadmap * List of expressions for Pushdown:  https://docs.pingcap.com/t...

—————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a streamlined tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database. —————————  Developer resources ————————— 💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Develo...