Data in the Hallway

Episodes

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  How Twintag federates TiDB with Apache DataFusion 10.04.2026 22m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ——...
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  Observability Datastores 26.03.2026 26m

  ————————— 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://d...
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  Bling's Journey to TiDB 12.03.2026 33m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ————...
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  Using TiDB during an AI Hackathon in Malaysia 26.02.2026 33m

  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://d...
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  TiDB at CrowdSnapAI 10.02.2026 27m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— Pi...
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  Why is FOSDEM Different? 27.01.2026 40m

  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'...
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  Zero Downtime Rolling Upgrades with TiDB 14.01.2026 23m

  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 j...
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  Retro-computing: Lessons from Vintage Tech 19.12.2025 28m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— Ping...
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  Computer Science in the Age of AI 02.12.2025 30m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #Distri...
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  Choosing your (first) database 13.11.2025 36m

  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 podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced, #OpenSource, #DistributedSQL data...
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  Celebrating TiDB AgentX Hackathon Winners 30.10.2025 31m

  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.ping...
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  Open Source in Climate & Environmental Movement 15.10.2025 30m

  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 work Shannon'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.o...
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  Is TiDB always the right database for MySQL users? 30.09.2025 39m

  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:...
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  Guide to Open Source Databases 16.09.2025 27m

  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, elas...
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  DBeaver and TiDB 13.08.2025 27m

  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, #DistributedSQ...
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  All about the TiDB AgentX Hackathon 23.07.2025 24m

  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 Competi...
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  The backbone of RAG is structured data 09.07.2025 32m

  We welcome back Sam Dillard to this episode and discuss RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and how TiDB can support developers working on RAG-based applications. Ask anything about #tidb at https://tidb.ai/ TiDB Chat2Query: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/tidb-cloud-glossary/#chat2query If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an a...
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  Talking Hyper (Hybrid Physical Design Advisor) 25.06.2025 21m

  In this episode, we welcome back Ahmad Ghazal (Distinguished Engineer at PingCAP) to discuss recently published IEEE paper on Hyper (Hybrid Physical Design Advisor). Link to the paper from the 2025 IEEE 41st International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE)Let your database recommend indexesIf you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP is the creator of #TiDB, an advanced...
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  TiDB's success in India 10.06.2025 25m

  In this episode, we sit down with Kabilesh P.R. (Founding Partner at Mydbops) to discuss what's driving the rapid growth of TiDB in India today. Kabilesh also shares examples of TiDB users in the country. Why Flipkart chose TiDB: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/why-flipkart-chose-tidb-to-replace-its-large-mysql-fleet/ TiDB Labs: https://labs.tidb.io/If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and Ti...
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  Celebrating Ten Years of TiDB with a Hackathon 27.05.2025 36m

  In this episode, we talk to two of the winners of the internal hackathon to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of TiDB. Terry Purcell (Chief Optimizer Architect) tells us about his team's project improve the Query Optimizer Cost Model in TiDB, and Kyle Biniasz (Head of Demand Gen at PingCAP) discusses his team's SDR Automation Platform. If you have any feedback or suggestions for episodes, you can email us at podcast@pingcap.com. ————————— About PingCAP and TiDB ————————— PingCAP ...