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Data in the Hallway
All about the TiDB AgentX Hackathon
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-unified-genai-data-stack/ Why Fresh Data, SQL, and Unified Platforms Are Your Competitive Edge for AI Applications: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-fresh-data-sql-and-unified-platforms-are-your-competitive-edge-for-ai-applications/ ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB powers modern a...
2025-07-23
24 min
Data in the Hallway
The backbone of RAG is structured data
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. ————————— 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.
2025-07-09
32 min
Data in the Hallway
Talking Hyper (Hybrid Physical Design Advisor)
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 indexesIf 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 tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a...
2025-06-25
21 min
Data in the Hallway
TiDB's success in India
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 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 tech stack, elastic scaling...
2025-06-10
25 min
Data in the Hallway
Celebrating Ten Years of TiDB with a Hackathon
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 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 tech...
2025-05-27
36 min
Data in the Hallway
How TiDB addresses today's challenges in FinTech
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 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 tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analyt...
2025-05-13
25 min
Data in the Hallway
Optimizing Online DDL for TiDB
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-ddl-asynchronous-change-works-in-tidb TiDB Roadmap: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/dev/tidb-roadmap/ TiDB Distributed eXecution Framework (DXF) podcast: https://youtu.be/orrnOcsooeY 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 advan...
2025-04-22
23 min
Data in the Hallway
Migrating 3 Billion rows to TiDB
————————— 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_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with-tidb💫TiDB in #Kubernetes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/stable————————— Connect with PingCAP —————————🔹Twitter: https://twitter.com/PingCAP🔹LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/pingcap🔹Facebook: https://facebook.com/pingcap2015🔹Slack: https://slack.tidb.io/invite?te
2025-04-08
33 min
Data in the Hallway
Highlights of the TiDB 8.5 Release
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/tidb/stable/expressions-pushed-down* TiDB #vectorsearch: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/vector-search-overview#vector-search-overview * Contributor blog post: https://medium.com/@ray.paik/tidb-8-5-is-here-b2ca09e972d5————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #O...
2025-03-26
35 min
Data in the Hallway
We don't need no (old school) education
————————— 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_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with-tidb💫TiDB in #Kubernetes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/stable————————— Connect with PingCAP —————————🔹Twitter: https://twitter.com/PingCAP🔹LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/pingcap🔹Facebook: https://facebook.com/pingcap2015🔹Slack: https://slack.tidb.io/invite?te
2025-03-11
32 min
Data in the Hallway
TiDB Replication and Upgrades at Bolt
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-ecosystem-tools Modernizing MySQL webinar with Leandro: https://www.pingcap.com/event/modernize-mysql-with-bolt/ The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte (near Braga): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Bom_Jesus_do_Monte————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL database with #MySQL compatibility. TiDB...
2025-02-25
30 min
Data in the Hallway
A History of SQL
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 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.—————...
2025-02-11
27 min
Data in the Hallway
Are you outgrowing your database?
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 compatibility: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/mysql-compatibility 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 com...
2025-01-29
28 min
Data in the Hallway
Why do we need a separate definition of Open Source for AI?
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/aiExplaining the concept of Data information(blog): https://opensource.org/blog/explaining-the-concept-of-data-information How we passed the AI conundrums (blog): https://opensource.org/blog/how-we-passed-the-ai-conundrums How you can join OSI: https://members.opensource.org/donate/ ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an a...
2025-01-14
54 min
Data in the Hallway
Building Gen AI Applications
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 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_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB...
2024-12-18
28 min
CHAOSScast
Episode 99: Guest Episode - Re-licensing, forks, and community impact with Data in the Hallway
Thank you to the folks at Sustain for providing the hosting account for CHAOSSCast! CHAOSScast- Episode 99 Hosts: Ray Paik Daniël van Eeden Guests: Dawn Foster We’re taking a break this week so we’re very pleased to share instead an episode from our friends over at Data in the Hallway, hosted by Ray Paik and co-hosted by Daniël van Eeden. Their podcast dives deep into the fascinating world of database technology, open source innovation, and the incredible stories shaping global tech communities. In t...
2024-12-12
36 min
Data in the Hallway
Re-licensing, forks, and community impact
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/practitioner-guide-organizational-participation/Discussion on the topic by James Governor, Amanda Brock, and Dawn Foster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wliDVF3FpI0 Business implications/financial analysis: https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2024/08/26/software-licensing-changes-and-their-impact-on-financial-outcomes/ Magic Roundabout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hemps...
2024-11-24
35 min
Data in the Hallway
Optimizing your Kafka environment with Superstream
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 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.——————...
2024-11-04
27 min
Data in the Hallway
A conversation with TiDB Future App Hackathon winners from Indonesia
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 journey as developers in #indonesia. TiDB Future App Hackathon projects gallery: https://tidbhackathon2024.devpost.com/project-gallery Indonesian edutech influencer: Sandhika Galih ( @sandhikagalihWPU ), who can also be found at https://www.instagram.co...
2024-10-16
37 min
Data in the Hallway
Database design and modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL
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 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...
2024-10-08
34 min
Data in the Hallway
Operational Data Store with TiDB
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-create-an-operational-data-store-with-tidb.html 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 com...
2024-09-17
28 min
Data in the Hallway
Migration Playbook
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 —————————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 sing...
2024-08-28
31 min
Data in the Hallway
Streaming Data & HTAP?
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 database.————————— Developer resources —————————💫TiDB Twitter: https://twitter.com/TiDB_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with-tidb💫TiDB in #Kubernetes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb-in-kubernetes/stable————————— Connect with PingCAP —————————🔹Twitter: https://twitter.com/PingCAP🔹LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/com...
2024-08-14
33 min
Data in the Hallway
What happens as we Scale?
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 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_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/quick-start-with...
2024-07-30
31 min
Data in the Hallway
TiDB Future App Hackathon (featuring TiDB Vector Search)
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/pIXxvTiDB Future App Hackathon: https://shorturl.at/R4NWrIf 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, #DistributedS...
2024-07-10
25 min
Data in the Hallway
Citizen Science
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 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...
2024-06-25
29 min
Data in the Hallway
Distributed eXecution Framework (DXF)
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/1770196321527574839?s=46&t=JWe6d_ukgwMux9JP3NbsvA Get started for free with TiDB Serverless: https://rb.gy/0ce0lbIf 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, #OpenSour...
2024-06-11
28 min
Data in the Hallway
First Anniversary Episode
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 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_Developer💫Introducing TiDB: https://youtu.be/_QBrPBwFoWM💫Quick start with TiDB: https://docs.pingc...
2024-06-11
14 min
Data in the Hallway
Coroot: an open source observability platform for database users
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_vD3XZYOAIf 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 tech stack, elastic scaling...
2024-05-21
32 min
Data in the Hallway
Developing Software for Serverless
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/yc2bx6ecYan Cui's website: https://theburningmonk.com/ Real-World Serverless podcast: https://realworldserverless.com/ Serverless as a Game Changer: https://www.amazon.com/Serverless-Game-Changer-Addison-wesley-Signature/dp/0137392621 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 po...
2024-05-07
36 min
Data in the Hallway
Bringing Vector Search to TiDB
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 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...
2024-04-23
35 min
Data in the Hallway
Addressing digital accessibility challenges for everyone
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 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 tech stack, elastic scaling...
2024-04-09
23 min
The Journey On Podcast
Gaucho Derby Recap #1
Warwick brings on Gaucho Derby participants to talk about their biggest break throughs and experiences while riding across the Patagonian wilderness.Episode Guests:Jonathan & Heidi Talbott (4:15-16:35)Scott Neilson (17:20-32:50)Daniel van Eeden (33:35-51:10)Wendy Ferguson (52:20-1:10:40)Olivier Picard (1:11:30-1:40:20)Nicolas Sallembien (1:42:20:1:56:20)Stephanie Richter (1:57:50-2:18:30)Send us a textSupport the showCan't get enough of the Journey On Podcast & it's guests? Here are two more ways to engage with them. Find exclusive educational content from...
2024-04-05
2h 19
Data in the Hallway
TiDB Query Optimizers
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 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 ———————...
2024-03-25
34 min
Data in the Hallway
The Cloud Native landscape in the age of AI
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 2024: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/ 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 tec...
2024-03-06
40 min
Data in the Hallway
All about SCaLE (Southern California Linux Expo)
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.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x Check out the MySQL track schedule at: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/schedule/friday 50% discount code for registration: ping[00:00] Introductions[00:52] How SCaLE conference got s...
2024-02-26
34 min
Data in the Hallway
How TiAdvisor addresses challenges with database indices
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/index_advisor [00:00] Introductions[01:40] What are database indices and why are they imporant?[05:47] How are database indices usually created and what are some of the challenges? [12:18] What are the goals of TiAdvisor and how does it work? [18:08] What's the output of TiAdvisor?[21:40] Where can p...
2024-02-14
26 min
Data in the Hallway
More than 20 years of conversation with database users
In this episode, Nabil Nawaz (Principal Solutions Engineer from PingCAP) shares his experience from more than two decades of work with database customers. He also talked about what adjustments he had to make for working at an open source software company.You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. 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, a...
2024-01-29
33 min
Data in the Hallway
What are LLMs (Large Language Models) and how do you build them?
In this episode, we talk to Jules Damji from @anyscale and discuss what LLMs are and how they relate to AI. We also have an in depth discussion on what's involved in building LLMs and some of the data requirements. To learn more about the ray.io community, you can visit https://www.ray.io/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or suggestions for epis...
2024-01-10
41 min
Data in the Hallway
Where is open source today?
In this episode, we talked to Peter Zaitsev (Founder of Percona) about where open source is today following his presentation at the HTAP Summit 2023. We discussed recent developments/challenges in open source software and Peter's thoughts on a "spectrum" of approaches that open source companies can take. HTAP summit session replays are available at https://www.pingcap.com/htap-summit/sept-2023/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any...
2023-12-13
38 min
Data in the Hallway
Helping developers with cloud cost optimization
In this episode, we talk to Stephen J. Barr (Principal Architect & Technical Evangelist at CloudFix) about how developers can get a better understanding of their cloud costs and optimize their AWS cloud infrastructure investments. AWS Made Easy Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@awsmadeeasy CloudFix blogs: https://cloudfix.com/blog/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at p...
2023-11-29
34 min
Data in the Hallway
Why is documentation important and how can we make it better?
In this episode, we talk to Mike Jang (Lead Technical Writer at Forescout Technologies) about his philosophy on what makes a good documentation and how having an open source documentation makes it easier to get feedback from the end user community. TiDB Docs Dash blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-documentation-is-important/Event page: https://www.pingcap.com/event/tidb-docs-dash/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or...
2023-11-10
29 min
Data in the Hallway
Book club discussion: High Performance Data Architectures report
In this episode, we talk to Brian Foster (Director of Content Marketing at PingCAP) about the O’Reilly Report titled High-Performance Data Architectures. We discuss what was involved in creating a report, what our community members can learn from the content, and future plans. High-Performance Data Architectures (O’Reilly Report): https://www.pingcap.com/ebook-whitepaper/oreilly-high-performance-data-architecture-report/You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or suggestions for ep...
2023-10-25
31 min
Data in the Hallway
From database to backend as a service, how Data Service can help.
In this episode, we talk to Arun Vijayraghavan (Principal Product Manager at PingCAP) about the TiDB Cloud Data Service, including its benefits, target audience, use cases and future plans. TiDB Cloud Data Service documentation page: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/data-service-overview#tidb-cloud-data-service-beta-overview Convex AI project page (from the TiDB FutureApp Hackathon): https://devpost.com/software/mo-ai You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or sugg...
2023-10-11
32 min
Data in the Hallway
Helping farmers in sub-saharan Africa with TiDB Serverless
In this episode, we talk to Festus Idowu and Victor Olufemi about their TiDB FutureApp Hackathon project Argobotfarms to help farmers in sub-saharan Africa. Festus and Victor discuss when they first got the idea for their project and how various features of TiDB Serverless were used. Check out the Argobotfarms project page: https://devpost.com/software/agrobotfarms You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or sug...
2023-09-25
33 min
Data in the Hallway
Getting the most out of events: for both organizers & attendees
In this episode, we talk to Emily Kyle (Head of Marketing at ProjectDiscovery.io) about why we do events, how events can be more meaningful for the developer audience, and if events changed after the Covid-19 pandemic. We also discuss tips for developers and technical audience on how they can get the most out of conferences. Check out the HTAP Summit page: https://www.pingcap.com/htap-summit/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.bu...
2023-09-13
39 min
Data in the Hallway
How can we ensure our database applications work and scale?
In this episode, we talk to Adam Furmanek (Head of DevRel at Metis: https://www.metisdata.io/) about what database developers can do to ensure their applications work and scale. Adam discusses monitoring, observability, and things to consider pre & post production. Joint meetup with PingCAP & Metis on September 6, 2023: https://www.pingcap.com/event/what-you-need-to-know-to-tame-unpredictable-workloads/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. For a full list of podcast platforms, you can check out https://datainthehallway.buzzsprout.com/. If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you...
2023-08-25
33 min
Data in the Hallway
Walking the tight rope: How to product manage open source databases
In this episode, we discuss being a product manager at an open source company with our guest Sam Dillard (Principal Product Manager at PingCAP). Sam talks about his role as a Product Manager and how he likes to collaborate with community members. 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 tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a single database....
2023-08-07
31 min
Data in the Hallway
There are lies, damn lies, and Benchmarks
In this episode, we discuss database benchmarking with our guest Ahmad Ghazal (Distinguished Engineer at PingCAP). Ahmad talks about the limitation of existing benchmarks for HTAP (Hybrid transactional/analytical processing), and the work he's doing with other researchers to develop a new HTAP benchmark for modern user cases such as Web3. 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 tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time...
2023-07-17
25 min
Data in the Hallway
The birth of OSS Insight
In this episode, we discuss with our guest Fan Wang how OSS Insight got started. Fan discusses how OSS Insight continues PingCAP's tradition of contributing to open source, technical challenges for OSS Insight, and how TiDB helped meet these challenges. We also discussed integration with Open AI and the upcoming OSS Insight Lite, which will help developers create personalized GitHub dashboards. OSS Insight: https://ossinsight.io/ OSS Insight Lite: https://github.com/pingcap/ossinsight-lite If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ———————...
2023-07-10
34 min
Data in the Hallway
Open source community metrics
In this episode, we discuss with our guest Matt Germonprez (Professor at University of Nebraska-Omaha) the history of academic research on open source and open source community health. We then discuss the CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics in Open Source Software) project including how the project got started and how it has evolved to address the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) efforts in communities. CHAOSS Community: https://chaoss.community/ OSS Insight: https://ossinsight.io/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB —————————
2023-07-07
38 min
Data in the Hallway
How Hackathons can help developers
In this episode, we discuss with our guest Rajendra Kadam (Sr. Backend Engineer at GitLab) his prior experience with Hackathons and how they can help developers especially early in their careers. Rajendra talks about how Hackathons helped with his job searches and shares advice for anyone considering participating in hackathons. Link to the TiDB FutureApp Hackathon: http://tidbhackathon2023.devpost.com 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...
2023-07-05
34 min
Data in the Hallway
The ongoing popularity of MySQL
In this episode, we discuss with our guest Sunny Bains how MySQL is still very popular today. We talk about the community and some of the key features of MySQL. Link to the TiDB Development guide that was discussed when discussing contributions to MySQL or TiDB communities : https://pingcap.github.io/tidb-dev-guide/ 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 tech stack, elastic...
2023-07-05
31 min
Data in the Hallway
Series Kickoff
In this launch episode of the new podcast series, Data in the Hallway, series co-hosts Brian Foster, Daniel van Eeden, and Ray Paik discuss the goals of the series, the significance of the podcast name, and what listeners can look forward to in future episodes. 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 tech stack, elastic scaling, real-time analytics, and continuous access to data—all in a...
2023-07-05
12 min
Cinem(ação)
Segundo Corte #08: Close
Close é um filme sensível, que fala essencialmente sobre amor. No entanto, quando observamos o trabalho de Alain Dessauvage, montador do filme, é possível entender de forma mais completa as intenções e direções que o filme quer nos apresentar. Além da montagem, outros aspectos chamam a atenção, um deles é o trabalho de Laurens Orij, que é o colorista do filme. Isto porque, é nítido o uso de cores vibrantes e a sensação de vitalidade que isso traz. Isso fica ainda mais claro, quando o nome de Laurens aparece no começo dos créditos de Close, um espaço nobre no...
2023-05-22
1h 22
The Trail Less Traveled
Deep Water Emergence in the Milford Sound of Fiordland National Park (recorded underwater)
Recorded 28 feet below the surface of the water, join Mandela in the Discovery Center's Underwater Observatory for an interview with Daniel Crook & Andrea Ferris. Daniel & Andrea are nature guides in The Milford Sound of Fiordland National Park on New Zealand's South Island's West Coast. The Discovery Center is a floating building which gives visitors the chance to view extremely rare species usually found between 50-5,000 feet deep in the ocean.Overlaying the sea water in the fiord is a layer of fresh water, the result of high annual rainfall in Fiordland. This combined with the narrow shape of the fiord...
2017-04-06
1h 00