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 feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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_SulIf you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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-simulator FinanceAssist project: https://devpost.com/software/fingerTradrFin: https://devpost.com/software/tradrfin Broga, Malaysia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broga If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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-xrbgvmLens by Crowdsnap: https://analyzer.crowdsnap.ai/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOSDEMFOSDEM Fringe events in 2026:  https://fosdem.org/2026/fringe/ Ildiko's My Open Source Experience Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MyOpenSourceExperience If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 Plaid migrated to TiDB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6eetnpi-3QPlaid's journey to TiDB: https://plaid.com/blog/switching-to-tidb/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 us at [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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.com/tidbcloud/vector-search-hybrid-search/#hybrid-search TiDB Chat2Query: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/use-chat2query-api/If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 workShannon'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 (GOSH): https://openhardware.science/ Data Rescue Project: https://www.datarescueproject.org/ —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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/tidb/stable/mysql-compatibility/#mysql-compatibility * Migration from MySQL to TiDB: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/migrating-mysql-tidb/ * Setting Op TiDB Locally with TiUP: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/distributed-sql-tutorial-first-steps-setting-up-tidb-locally/ —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 —————————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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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, #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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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: 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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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_Hempstead)  If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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.com/sandhikagalih?igsh=a2N3M2x3eWZyYjFt  Indonesian software engineering role model: Wahyu Widi Purwoko who can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/wahyu-widi-purwoko/ If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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/company/pingcap🔹Facebook: https://facebook.com/pingcap2015🔹Slack: https://slack.tidb.io/invite?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/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/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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected].—————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 started and the event culture[05:47] What kinds of people will you meet at SCaLE?[17:25] Other community events at SCaLE (e.g., #kubernetes, #postgres. #devops Day LA, etc.)  [20:41] Decision making process for adding new tracks or inviting other communities to SCaLE[27:45] Suggestions for people who are attending SCaLE for the first time[32:00] #nyc travel tipsIf you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap

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 people find examples of TiAdvisor in action? [23:00] What's the best way for community members to reach out with questions or feedback?[24:20] What are winters like in Southern California? If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. —————————  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?team=tidb-community&channel=everyone&ref=pingcap🔹GitHub: https://github.com/pingcap