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Saying CockroachDB “just shards data” is a serious understatement. Under the hood, it uses powerful mechanisms to deliver resilience and consistency—while also giving you control over data placement for compliance, performance, and more.In this episode of SELECT STAR, discover the core mechanism that enables CockroachDB to scale without sacrificing ACID guarantees.========Want to try CockroachDB?Get started here:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com========Also see 👀Episode link 1Episode link 2Don’t miss the podcast!Find SELECT STAR on your favorite podcast platformAbout the hostsGreg L. Turnquist spent over thirteen years on the Spring team before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He led Spring Data JPA and Spring Web Services, contributed across the Spring ecosystem, and authored multiple books including Learning Spring Boot and 12 Rules for Pro Coders.Felipe Gutierrez brings 25+ years of experience as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate, consultant, and instructor. He has authored several Apress titles including Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach LabsCockroach Labs builds resilient, scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. Its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, helps organizations scale when others fail.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc.

CockroachDB stores your data across a distributed system for resilience and protection. But where does it go—and how does it know how to survive server failures, regional outages, and more?In this episode of SELECT STAR, explore a core building block that helps CockroachDB understand and adapt to your system’s topology.========Want to try CockroachDB?Get started here:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com========Also see 👀Episode link 1Episode link 2Don’t miss the podcast!Find SELECT STAR on your favorite podcast platformAbout the hostsGreg L. Turnquist spent over thirteen years on the Spring team before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He led Spring Data JPA and Spring Web Services, contributed across the Spring ecosystem, and authored multiple books including Learning Spring Boot and 12 Rules for Pro Coders.Felipe Gutierrez brings 25+ years of experience as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate, consultant, and instructor. He has authored several Apress titles including Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach LabsCockroach Labs builds resilient, scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. Its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, helps organizations scale when others fail.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc.

In a distributed system, the answer to your query might be halfway around the world. So how do you handle that cost when you need results fast?In this episode of SELECT STAR, discover practical ways to “beat the system” and get low-latency answers—even when your data lives on another continent.========Want to try CockroachDB?Get started here:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com========Also see 👀Episode link 1Episode link 2Don’t miss the podcast!Find SELECT STAR on your favorite podcast platformAbout the hostsGreg L. Turnquist spent over thirteen years on the Spring team before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He led Spring Data JPA and Spring Web Services, contributed across the Spring ecosystem, and authored multiple books including Learning Spring Boot and 12 Rules for Pro Coders.Felipe Gutierrez brings 25+ years of experience as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate, consultant, and instructor. He has authored several Apress titles including Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach LabsCockroach Labs builds resilient, scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. Its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, helps organizations scale when others fail.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc.

CockroachDB protects you from data anomalies with serializable transactions—but that guarantee isn’t free. What do you need to do to make it work in a distributed enterprise?Find out in this episode of SELECT STAR.========Want to try CockroachDB?Get started here:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com========Also see 👀Episode link 1Episode link 2Don’t miss the podcast!Find SELECT STAR on your favorite podcast platformAbout the hostsGreg L. Turnquist spent over thirteen years on the Spring team before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He led Spring Data JPA and Spring Web Services, contributed across the Spring ecosystem, and authored multiple books including Learning Spring Boot and 12 Rules for Pro Coders.Felipe Gutierrez brings 25+ years of experience as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate, consultant, and instructor. He has authored several Apress titles including Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach LabsCockroach Labs builds resilient, scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. Its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, helps organizations scale when others fail.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc.

Some people say we can get rid of software education altogether. But is that true?In this episode of SELECT STAR, I sat down with Java Champion and Spring Developer Advocate Dan Vega. He shares why fundamentals matter more than ever.========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin?Check out:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com========Also see 👀Episode link 1Episode link 2Don’t miss the podcast!Find SELECT STAR on your favorite podcast platformAbout the hostsGreg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA and Spring Web Services, contributed to multiple Spring projects, and authored several books including Learning Spring Boot and 12 Rules for Pro Coders.Felipe Gutierrez has over 25 years of experience as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate, consultant, and instructor. He has authored multiple Apress titles including Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach LabsCockroach Labs builds resilient, scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. Its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB, helps organizations scale when others fail.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc.

Are you using AI tools? How are you using them? And what are you building without AI?In this episode of SELECT STAR, I sat down with Spring teammate and conference organizer Glen Renfro to explore the different ways we’re putting AI to work.========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin?Check it out here:https://learn.cockroachlabs.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=select_star========Also see 👀 https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=shareDon’t miss the podcast! Find the SELECT STAR show on your favorite podcast platform About the hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a Technical Content Engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring projects. He is the author of Learning Spring Boot (2nd and 3rd editions) and 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group and hasn’t met a query (yet) that he can’t speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ advocate and consultant for over 25 years before joining Cockroach Labs. He has served as a technical instructor teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He is the author of Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, delivering resilient and scalable solutions for mission-critical workloads. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is redefining data management with its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CockroachDB takes the best ideas from both worlds--scalable K-V store and relational ACID contracts--and combines 'em together!Find out how in this fun conversation.========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://learn.cockroachlabs.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=select_star and get started!========Also see 👀✅ https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share✅ https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=shareDon't miss the podcast!* https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/select-star-show/ - Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2026 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Have an uber-big query you want to run but don't want to beat up your production cluster? Have a new idea for one of your apps but would rather test somewhere else? In this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how CockroachDB gives you the tools to setup a separate cluster and AUTOMATICALLY get updates from your primary cluster!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin?Check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!Also see:- https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share- https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=shareDon't miss the podcast!Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Afraid of an outage? It's a real issue we must all guard against. But maybe you're not QUITE ready to upgrade to a multi-regional solution?In this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how CockroachDB comes "batteries included" with the tools to create your own data replication strategy, letting you backup one cluster seamlessly to another cluster using its built in Logical Data Replication, and not some 3rd party bolted-on solution!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!Also see 👀 ✅ https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share ✅ https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=shareDon't miss the podcast! https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/select-star-show/ - Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

One of the biggest fears we ALL have...is watching our database get pounded in times of adversity.In this episode of SELECT STAR, Cockroach Labs Technical Evangelist Rob Reid once again joins us. This time, to explore how Cockroach Labs TRIED to pulverize CockroachDB and turn it to dust...and ultimately FAILED!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!Also see 👀 https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=shareDon't miss the podcast! Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Don't use SELECT *. That's the rule of thumb you may have heard once, maybe a million times. But we all know...rules of thumb work until they don't.So what, exactly, is it about SELECT * that probably spells doom if you use it in your production queries? Find out on this episode of SELECT STAR!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!✅ Learn about Greg's experience in dataAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Is your database growing beyond your wildest expectations?Buried in crazy requests? Tables 10x bigger than you imagined?On this episode of SELECT STAR, find out why it might be time to move to a distributed database.🎓 Try CockroachDB for yourself:👉 university.cockroachlabs.com📺 Learn about Greg’s journey in data:👉 Greg on SELECT STARAbout the Hosts:Greg L. Turnquist – Former Spring team member, author of Learning Spring Boot, 12 Rules for Pro Coders, and more. Now a technical content engineer at Cockroach Labs.Felipe Gutierrez – Veteran consultant and instructor. Author of Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow. Now helping devs master distributed systems at Cockroach Labs.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs builds CockroachDB, the cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed to help you scale when others fail.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

You've joined data before. It's what we do every time we need to fetch data spread across two or more tables.But what happens in a DISTRIBUTED environment?On this episode of SELECT STAR, learn what happens under the covers on the database you just can't kill. HOT TIP: It's NOT what you think!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

You've probably heard of an index. Maybe you know a couple other ways to speed up a query.But what if there was ANOTHER way to make your queries speed up by orders of magnitude?On this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how this tried-and-true tactic can help you speed up even the thorniest of queries!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

We all use relational databases because we NEED them. That's why it's sometimes REALLY HARD to write the correct query...and ALSO have it perform.On this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how writing the query right AND having it perform is CRITICAL in a distributed environment!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out Cockroach Unversity for FREE and get started!========About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

What happens to your database that you just can't kill when you suffer a regional failure? On this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how CockroachDB puts you in control of dealing with an AZ failure or even a regional failure before it happens! Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started! About our hosts: Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up. Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin. About Cockroach Labs: Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB. © 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Do you work with .NET and need an entity management toolkit? Then ADO.NET is for you!On this episode of SELECT STAR, find out how easy it is to pick up ADO.NET and tie in with CockroachDB, the database you just can't kill.Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin was released.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

A LOT of the people using CockroachDB started elsewhere but ultimately came to the database you just can't kill because there was NO OTHER CHOICE.On this episode of SELECT STAR, learn some of the most valuable tips when it comes to migrating to the database you just can't kill as we deep dive with Cockroach's Technical Evangelist, Rob Reid.And maybe—just maybe—we'll dig into other topics as well!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

With all this Java action, are you feeling left behind? Really love using the .NET platform to build awesome apps? Your time has come!On this episode of SELECT STAR, see how to leverage CockroachDB from within your .NET/C# app and see how to build an app on top of the database you just can't kill!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

Looking to create a REST API with Go and CockroachDB? This is the right place to be.On this episode of SELECT STAR, we use Go to connect to CockroachDB and create a simple REST API with the Gin Web Framework and the GORM ORM Library for Go.Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!Get more 👀 Go Lang Gin Web Framework GORM ORM LibraryAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up, along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Most recently, the 3rd edition of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, delivering resilient and scalable database solutions for mission-critical workloads. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing data management with its cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

A cornerstone of relational databases are primary keys. We need handles on our rows of data.On this episode of SELECT STAR, find out what makes for a good primary key, especially in a distributed environment like CockroachDB!Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out Cockroach University for FREE and get started!Get more 👀 SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide Learn about Spring Data JDBC Check out Spring Data JPA New to Spring Boot? Start hereAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up, along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin was released.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

<p><strong>AI has taken the world by storm.</strong> A question arises...can it speed up your database?</p><p>On this episode of <strong>SELECT STAR</strong>, see how AI tools can speed up your CockroachDB database, make it more performant, and help squeeze out inefficiencies!</p><hr><p><strong>Want to take CockroachDB for a spin?</strong> Then check out <a href="https://university.cockroachlabs.com/" target="_blank">Cockroach University</a> for FREE and get started!</p><hr><p><strong>Get more 👀</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV" target="_blank">SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/w9PXLdqL_1g?feature=shared" target="_blank">Learn about Spring Data JDBC</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/y_MxZE6OCvI?feature=shared" target="_blank">Check out Spring Data JPA</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/84iC86ZfowI?feature=shared" target="_blank">New to Spring Boot? Start here</a></li></ul><h3>About our hosts:</h3><p><strong>Greg L. Turnquist</strong> worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, <em>Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition</em>, and its 3rd Edition follow-up, along with many others including <em>12 Rules for Pro Coders</em>. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.</p><p><strong>Felipe Gutierrez</strong> worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote <em>Pro Spring Boot</em>, <em>Spring Boot Messaging</em>, and <em>Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow</em> for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of <em>Pro Spring Boot</em> for Java and Kotlin was released.</p><h3>About Cockroach Labs:</h3><p>Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud-native distributed SQL database, <strong>CockroachDB</strong>.</p><p>© 2025 Cockroach Labs</p>

We're always looking for simpler, more elegant APIs to get the job done.On this episode of SELECT STAR discover how Spring's fluent API, JdbcClient, makes it an absolute joy to work with SQL statements through the power of JDBC!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========Get more 👀 Today's code repo: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-jdbcclient-example SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV Learn about Spring Data JDBC: https://www.youtube.com/live/w9PXLdqL_1g?feature=shared Check out Spring Data JPA: https://www.youtube.com/live/y_MxZE6OCvI?feature=shared New to Spring Boot? Start here: https://www.youtube.com/live/84iC86ZfowI?feature=shared About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

CockroachDB can grow and change dynamically, all while keeping your data safe. How does it do that?On this episode of SELECT STAR learn EXACTLY how CockroachDB scales and protects your data seamlessly and effortlessly!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========Get more 👀SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTVLearn about Spring Data JDBC: https://www.youtube.com/live/w9PXLdqL_1g?feature=sharedCheck out Spring Data JPA: https://www.youtube.com/live/y_MxZE6OCvI?feature=sharedNew to Spring Boot? Start here: https://www.youtube.com/live/84iC86ZfowI?feature=sharedAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

JdbcTemplate is one of the oldest yet most golden features buried in the Spring Framework.On this episode of SELECT STAR learn why some of the biggest shops out there still reach for JdbcTemplate to solve BIG problems!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========Get more 👀Today's JdbcTemplate project: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-jdbc-exampleSQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTVAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

Did you know relational apps are preferred over non-relational ones up to 4-to-1? And in Javaland, one of the most popular toolkits is JPA!In this episode of SELECT STAR, see how fast you can get off the ground when you use Spring Data JPA as your tool of choice for your CockroachDB application!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========Get more 👀Today's Spring Data JPA project: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-data-jpa-examplSQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTVAbout our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

Have you ever been interested in using the power of Spring Data...but without the overhead of JPA? In this episode of SELECT STAR, see how to build a Spring Boot app using the power of Spring Data JDBC!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2025 Cockroach Labs

You dig Spring Boot?Come and find out in this live coding session how you can hook your Spring Boot application up with CockroachDB, and make things sizzle!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========About our host:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2024 Cockroach Labs

Have you ever sped up a query...but not enough? Have you ever just thrown an index into a system because someone told you that's the way to go?Find out exactly HOW to create the RIGHT index for the RIGHT situation, using the tools that CockroachDB comes loaded with.========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========About our host:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2024 Cockroach Labs

NOTE: There is an echo in the first 4 minutes, but we fixed that for the rest of the show. Sorry!Have you ever struggled with query performance? Have you ever wondered what is going on and why your system seems bogged down?Find out how to use the tools that come with CockroachDB to ramp things up in this inaugural episode of SELECT STAR, the show where you learn absolutely EVERYTHING about the database you just can't kill!========Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!========About our hosts:Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.About Cockroach Labs:Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.© 2024 Cockroach Labs