Data in the Hallway

Mar 26 2025 44 ep. 32 mins 1
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A podcast series where we discuss community, database, open source, and other topics. 

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Highlights of the TiDB 8.5 Release

Mar 26 2025 35 mins  
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.

We don't need no (old school) education

Mar 11 2025 32 mins  
————————— 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. ————————— Develop

TiDB Replication and Upgrades at Bolt

Feb 25 2025 30 mins  
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

A History of SQL

Feb 11 2025 27 mins  
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 ———�

Are you outgrowing your database?

Jan 29 2025 28 mins  
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-moder

Why do we need a separate definition of Open Source for AI?

Jan 14 2025 54 mins  
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(bl

Building Gen AI Applications

Dec 18 2024 28 mins  
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 databas

Re-licensing, forks, and community impact

Nov 24 2024 35 mins  
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.com

Optimizing your Kafka environment with Superstream

Nov 04 2024 27 mins  
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]. ————————— A

A conversation with TiDB Future App Hackathon winners from Indonesia

Oct 16 2024 37 mins  
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 abo