Data in the Hallway

In this episode, we talk to Leandro Morgado (Sr. DBRE at Bolt ) to discuss Bolt's journey to TiDB and their experience with data replication and #database upgrades.  Leandro's presentation at FOSDEM (video + slides): https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5452-i-like-to-move-it-move-it-replication-in-tidb-mysql/  TiDB toolkits: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/download-ec...

In this episode, we talk to Markus Winand (a SQL Renaissance Ambassador) about #sql, its evolution and some of the misconceptions that people have.   Modern SQL: https://modern-sql.com/ Markus Winand's home page: https://winand.at/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator...

In this episode, we talk to Mark Donsky (Product Lead at PingCAP) to discuss some of the telltale signs that you maybe outgrowing your database and how TiDB can address your challenges as your business scales.  TiDB Whitepapers: https://www.pingcap.com/ebook-whitepaper/ Building for Scale (blog post): https://www.pingcap.com/blog/distributed-sql-blueprint-what-it-takes-to-scale-modern-apps/ MySQL...

In this episode, we sat down with Stefano Maffulli (Executive Director of Open Source Initiative) to discuss why we need a separate definition of Open Source for AI. We also discussed some of the challenges that the Open Source Initiative faced in their effort to define Open Source AI.  Open Source AI Definition: https://opensource.org/ai Explaining the concept of Data information(blog):  https://...

In this episode, we talk to Chenhe Gu (Head of DevRel at Dify) and discuss Gen AI and how Dify can help developers build AI applications.   Dify website: https://dify.ai/ Dify's GitHub repo: https://github.com/langgenius/dify  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers m...

In this episode, we talk to Dawn Foster (Director of Data Science at the CHAOSS Project) on re-licensing of major #opensource projects over the past decade and potential impact on community health.  The case-study data: https://github.com/chaoss/wg-data-science/tree/main/dataset/license-changes/fork-case-study  More details about the organizational dynamics in OSS: https://chaoss.community/practit...

In this episode, we talk to Yaniv Ben Hemo (Co-founder and CEO of Superstream) to discuss how his company got started and how they're helping optimize Kafka environment.  Superstream's homepage (with links to blogs & documentation): https://superstream.ai/  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP and TiD...

In this episode, we talk to two winning team members from the TiDB Future App Hackathon 2024. They are Ahmad Nurfadilah who worked on the Zapfeed project (https://devpost.com/software/zapfeed) plus Ayu Sudi Dwijayanti and Luthfi Arifin who worked on the Hangout AI project (https://devpost.com/software/hangout-ai). All three of them are from Jakarta, Indonesia and we also talked about their career...

In this episode, we talk with Alkin Tezuysal (Director of Services at Altinity)  and Ibrar Ahmed (a Principal Engineer at pgEdge) about their recent book "Database Design and Modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL" and how databases like TiDB help address challenges for modern applications.     * Link for the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1803233478?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title  If yo...

In this episode, we talk to Brian Foster (Director of Content Marketing at PingCAP) about the recent InfoWorld article titled "Operational Data Store with TiDB." We discuss our engagement with the periodical, what an Operational Data Store is, and why TiDB is a good database as an Operational Data Store.  Link to the InfoWorld article: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3475989/how-to-cre...

In this episode, we sit down with Brain Walters (Head of Solution Engineering at PingCAP ) and Kyle Cao (Solution Engineer at PingCAP) to discuss the Database Migration Playbook their team has been developing.   HTAP Summit: https://www.pingcap.com/htap-summit/  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ———————...

https://datastreaming-summit.org/ https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/ticdc-sink-to-pulsar —————————  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 databa...

In this episode, we welcome back Sam Dillard to discuss Scalability considerations for database systems.  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern applications with a strea...

In this episode, we sat down with Xin Shi (Product Manager for TiDB Serverless) and Matthew Penaroza (PingCAP's Solution Engineer) to provide updates on TiDB #vectorsearch since episode 22 and discuss use case/project ideas for the upcoming in TiDB Future App Hackathon. TiDB Vector Search page: https://shorturl.at/pIXxv TiDB Future App Hackathon: https://shorturl.at/R4NWr If you have any feed...

In this episode, we discuss Citizen Science with Laura Trouille and Zach Wolfenbarger at Adler Planetarium. We discussed citizen science projects at Zooniverse and how anyone can contribute to projects.  Zooniverse website:: https://www.zooniverse.org/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP...

In this episode, we welcome back Sunny Bains to talk about TiDB Distributed eXecution Framework (DXF) and how the feature can help meet users' expectations for resource usage as they scale.  DXF documentation: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/tidb-distributed-execution-framework#tidb-distributed-execution-framework-dxf  ADD INDEX timing post: https://twitter.com/sunbains/status/1770196321...

In this bonus episode, we celebrate the first year of our podcast series and look ahead to Year 2.  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. —————————  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...

In this episode, we talk to Nikolay Sivko and Peter Zaitsev about their open source  observability platform Coroot. We discuss Coroot's journey over the past two years and use cases for distributed database users.  Coroot website: https://coroot.com/  eBPF video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb_vD3XZYOA If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingc...

In this episode, we talk to  Yan Cui (founder of THEBURNINGMONK) about how Serverless has emerged over the past decade and what developers need to consider as they develop applications for Serverless.  TiDB Serverless: https://tinyurl.com/yc2bx6ec Yan Cui's website:  https://theburningmonk.com/  Real-World Serverless podcast: https://realworldserverless.com/  Serverless as a Game Changer: htt...

In this episode, we sat down with Xin Shi (Product Manager for TiDB Serverless) to discuss the new #vectorsearch capability in TiDB Serverless and plans to help users develop #AI applications.  TiDB Vector Search page (incl. private beta sign-up): https://tinyurl.com/ykp3z6ed  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP a...

In this episode, we discuss an important issue of #digitalaccessibility with Emma Dawson, a software developer at  @Futurice-Official and who's been working to make the web accessible for everyone.  AccessibleForAll Community: https://github.com/AccessibleForAll  Resources for accessibility (incl. tools, courses, newsletters, etc.): https://github.com/AccessibleForAll/Resources  If you have a...

In this episode, we talk about database & query optimization with Terry Purcell, who recently joined PingCAP as a Principal Optimizer Architect.  * TiDB SQL Optimization Process: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/sql-optimization-concepts  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com.  —————————  About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is th...

In this episode, Chris Aniszczyk and Ed Huang discuss motivations for contributing open source projects to foundations, how AI is impacting cloud native and database, outlook on  open source, and KubeCon.    Top open source project velocity in 2023 (blog post): https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/01/17/a-look-back-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-top-30-open-source-project-velocity-in-2023/  KubeCon Europe...

In this episode, Ilan Rabinovitch joins us to talk about the history of @socallinuxexpo  (Southern California Linux Expo) including the early days of the event, how it evolved since 2002, and advice he has for people who may be attending the conference for the first time.  PingCap is also one of the sponsors for the #mysql Track at this year's SCaLE.  SCaLE event page: https://www.socallinuxe...

In this episode, Ahmad Ghazal (Distinguished Engineer at PingCAP) returns to Data in the Hallway and to discuss #database indices, why they're important, and how TiAdvisor automates #index  discovery to enhance user workload performance. TiAdvisor blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/introducing-tiadvisor-automated-tidb-index-discovery/  TiAdvisor on GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap/inde...