Oracle Corporation
Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks
The Inside MySQL, Sakila Speaks podcast is dedicated to all things MySQL. We bring you the latest news from the MySQL team, MySQL product updates, and inciteful interviews with members of the MySQL Community. Sit back and enjoy as your hosts, Fred Descamps and Scott Stroz, bring you the latest updates on your favorite open-source database.
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Oracle Corporation
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Sep 18, 2025
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Episodes
MyVector Magic: Elevating MySQL with AI Search 18.09.2025 19:02
Oracle Ace Alkin Tezuysal joins leFred and Scott to introduce the MyVector plugin for MySQL Community Edition, bringing powerful vector search capabilities to your favorite open-source database. Learn how MyVector enables advanced AI and similarity search features, why this matters for modern applications, and how the MySQL community can easily get started. ----------------------------------------...
Homegrown Intelligence: AI Features for On-Prem MySQL Enterprise 04.09.2025 20:24
leFred and Scott sit down with Gaurav Chadha to explore MySQL AI, a new solution that brings advanced AI features available in HeatWave to organizations running MySQL Enterprise Edition on-premises. Discover how MySQL AI bridges the gap between cloud innovation and on-premise infrastructure, making transformative AI capabilities more accessible, secure, and efficient for teams that rely on MySQL E...
Let HeatWave Drive: The AutoPilot Advantage 21.08.2025 27:08
In this episode, leFred and Scott are joined by Onur Kocberber to explore the many features of HeatWave AutoPilot. Learn how AutoPilot's intelligent automation helps manage MySQL instances with ease, optimizes performance, and reduces operational costs. Onur shares practical insights and real-world examples showing how customers can streamline their database operations with HeatWave AutoPilot. ---...
HeatWave Hot Takes: The Power of ML and GenAI 07.08.2025 26:56
In this episode, leFred and Scott welcome Jayant Sharma and Sanjay Jinturkar to the Sakila Studio for an insightful conversation on machine learning and generative AI within HeatWave. Discover how these cutting-edge technologies are integrated, what makes HeatWave unique, and how organizations can leverage its capabilities to unlock new possibilities in data and AI. Tune in for practical insights,...
AI for the Rest of Us: A High-Level Overview 25.07.2025 26:42
Kick off Season 3 of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks as leFred and Scott welcome Matt Quinn for an engaging introduction to the world of Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, we step back from the database and explore what AI really is, how it's shaping society and technology, and why it matters to anyone in tech today. Whether you're just curious about AI or eager to understand its key concepts,...
A Rockstar Speaks 17.03.2025 15:06
MySQL Rockstar, René Cannaò, drops in on Fred & Scott to wax philosophical about the success of MySQL, the MySQL Community, and his inspiration for ProxySQL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:36:10 Unknown Welcome to Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks, a podcast dedicated to all things MySQL. We bring you the latest news from th...
The Bug Whisperer 13.02.2025 8:42
For this episode, Fred and Scott are joined by Laurynas Biveinis - one of the most prolific individual contributors to MySQL Community. Take a listen as Laurynas discusses the process he uses when he discovers bugs and how he sets up tests for the engineering team. ----------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;14 - 00;00;36;00 Unknown Welcome to Ins...
What's in a name? 30.01.2025 20:13
Pedro Andrade joins Fred and Scott to talk about how MySQL's mascot was named. Pedro shares a conversation he had with Ambrose Twebaze where they discuss the competition where Sakila was given her name. ------------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;13 - 00;00;32;08 Welcome to Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks a podcast dedicated to all things MySQL. We...
MySQL User Group Spotlight: MyNA 16.01.2025 21:44
Fred & Scott have a chance speak with special guests from MyNA — the Japanese MySQL user association — which is one of the most active MySQL user groups in the world. ---------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;13 - 00;00;35;05 Welcome to Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks, a podcast dedicated to all things MySQL. We bring you the latest news from the MySQ...
MySQL Time Capsule 13.12.2024 18:59
In this episode, Fred & Scott share their history with MySQL - including when they first started using MySQL and discuss some of their favorite features. --------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;08;15 - 00;00;30;23 Welcome to Inside MySQL Sakila speaks - a podcast dedicated to all things MySQL. We bring you the latest news from the MySQL team, MySQL pr...
MySQL 8.4 LTS: A Balancing Innovation and Stability 25.06.2024 14:19
Fred and Scott are joined by Mughees Minhas, Product Management Senior Vice President of Enterprise and Cloud Manageability for an informative discussion of the latest LTS release fo MySQL and how the new versioning of MySQL provides a balance of innovation and stability. -------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;00;00 - 00;00;31;20 Welcome to Inside MySQ...
Mastering MySQL Group Replication 28.05.2024 13:48
Luis Soares, Senior Software Development Director and the "face" of all things MySQL replication, drops by to enlighten us about group replication and its different uses in the MySQL ecosystem. --------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: http://insidemysql.libsyn.com/mastering-mysql-group-replication Mastering MySQL Group Replication 00;00;00;00 - 00;00;31;20...
MySQL Shell Does All The Things! 07.05.2024 28:02
For this episode, Fred and Scott are joined by Miguel Araujo, Senior Principal Software Engineer for MySQL Shell. Miguel outlines MySQL Shell's history and discusses its more popular and powerful features. The conversation winds down with us discussing our favorite features. --------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;13 - 00;00;30;16 Welcome to Inside My...
MySQL Goes LTS! (Stories From the Cloud) 22.04.2024 9:01
The MySQL Team has implemented a new versioning model that includes LTS. Geir Hoydalsvik, Senior Director of Software Development for MySQL stops by to give a primer on this new versioning model and breaks down the differences between the '8.0' releases and the 'Innovation' releases. ------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;13 - 00;00;31;20 Welcome to In...
The State of the Dolphin 09.04.2024 27:22
Wim Coekaerts, Executive Vice President of Software Development at Oracle joins Fred and Scott for the inaugural episode of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks. Wim gives us an update on the "State of the Dolphin" and discussed where MySQL fits into the landscape. -------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;09;13 - 00;00;31;20 Welcome to Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks,...
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