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 …

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-mysq…

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/tid…

————————— 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 —————————…

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 expre…

————————— 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 —————————…

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://doc…

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 a…

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-blu…

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

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…

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 d…

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].…

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…

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=p…

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.i…

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

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…

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 compatibili…

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

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]. ———…

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: htt…

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. Ti…

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

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

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 …

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…

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]. ————————— Abou…

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-sou…

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.…

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…

In this episode, Nabil Nawaz (Principal Solutions Engineer from PingCAP) shares his experience from more than two decades of work with database customers. He also talked about what adjustments he had to make for working at an open source software company. You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such as Apple Podcast, Spotify, etc. Fo…

In this episode, we talk to Jules Damji from @anyscale and discuss what LLMs are and how they relate to AI. We also have an in depth discussion on what's involved in building LLMs and some of the data requirements. To learn more about the ray.io community, you can visit https://www.ray.io/ You can also listen on your favorite podcast platforms such…

In this episode, we talked to Peter Zaitsev (Founder of Percona) about where open source is today following his presentation at the HTAP Summit 2023. We discussed recent developments/challenges in open source software and Peter's thoughts on a "spectrum" of approaches that open source companies can take. HTAP summit session replays are available at…

In this episode, we talk to Stephen J. Barr (Principal Architect & Technical Evangelist at CloudFix) about how developers can get a better understanding of their cloud costs and optimize their AWS cloud infrastructure investments. AWS Made Easy Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@awsmadeeasy CloudFix blogs: https://cloudfix.com/blog/ You can also …

In this episode, we talk to Mike Jang (Lead Technical Writer at Forescout Technologies) about his philosophy on what makes a good documentation and how having an open source documentation makes it easier to get feedback from the end user community. TiDB Docs Dash blog post: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-documentation-is-important/ Event page: ht…

In this episode, we talk to Brian Foster (Director of Content Marketing at PingCAP) about the O’Reilly Report titled High-Performance Data Architectures. We discuss what was involved in creating a report, what our community members can learn from the content, and future plans. High-Performance Data Architectures (O’Reilly Report): https://www.pingc…

In this episode, we talk to Arun Vijayraghavan (Principal Product Manager at PingCAP) about the TiDB Cloud Data Service, including its benefits, target audience, use cases and future plans. TiDB Cloud Data Service documentation page: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/data-service-overview#tidb-cloud-data-service-beta-overview Convex AI project pag…

In this episode, we talk to Festus Idowu and Victor Olufemi about their TiDB FutureApp Hackathon project Argobotfarms to help farmers in sub-saharan Africa. Festus and Victor discuss when they first got the idea for their project and how various features of TiDB Serverless were used. Check out the Argobotfarms project page: https://devpost.com/soft…

In this episode, we talk to Emily Kyle (Head of Marketing at ProjectDiscovery.io) about why we do events, how events can be more meaningful for the developer audience, and if events changed after the Covid-19 pandemic. We also discuss tips for developers and technical audience on how they can get the most out of conferences. Check out the HTAP Summ…

In this episode, we talk to Adam Furmanek (Head of DevRel at Metis: https://www.metisdata.io/) about what database developers can do to ensure their applications work and scale. Adam discusses monitoring, observability, and things to consider pre & post production. Joint meetup with PingCAP & Metis on September 6, 2023: https://www.pingcap.com/even…

In this episode, we discuss being a product manager at an open source company with our guest Sam Dillard (Principal Product Manager at PingCAP). Sam talks about his role as a Product Manager and how he likes to collaborate with community members. If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at [email protected]. ————————…

In this episode, we discuss database benchmarking with our guest Ahmad Ghazal (Distinguished Engineer at PingCAP). Ahmad talks about the limitation of existing benchmarks for HTAP (Hybrid transactional/analytical processing), and the work he's doing with other researchers to develop a new HTAP benchmark for modern user cases such as Web3. If you ha…

In this episode, we discuss with our guest Fan Wang how OSS Insight got started. Fan discusses how OSS Insight continues PingCAP's tradition of contributing to open source, technical challenges for OSS Insight, and how TiDB helped meet these challenges. We also discussed integration with Open AI and the upcoming OSS Insight Lite, which will help de…

In this episode, we discuss with our guest Matt Germonprez (Professor at University of Nebraska-Omaha) the history of academic research on open source and open source community health. We then discuss the CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics in Open Source Software) project including how the project got started and how it has evolved to address the D…

In this episode, we discuss with our guest Sunny Bains how MySQL is still very popular today. We talk about the community and some of the key features of MySQL. Link to the TiDB Development guide that was discussed when discussing contributions to MySQL or TiDB communities : https://pingcap.github.io/tidb-dev-guide/ If you have any feedback or sugg…

In this episode, we discuss with our guest Rajendra Kadam (Sr. Backend Engineer at GitLab) his prior experience with Hackathons and how they can help developers especially early in their careers. Rajendra talks about how Hackathons helped with his job searches and shares advice for anyone considering participating in hackathons. Link to the TiDB Fu…

In this launch episode of the new podcast series, Data in the Hallway, series co-hosts Brian Foster, Daniel van Eeden, and Ray Paik discuss the goals of the series, the significance of the podcast name, and what listeners can look forward to in future episodes. If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingca…