Data in the Hallway

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/0ce0lb

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 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_vD3XZYOA

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  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://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 tips

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, 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