Data in the Hallway

Data in the Hallway

By Brian Foster, Daniel van Eeden, and Ray PaikTechnology
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Data in the Hallway episodes

  • Walking the tight rope: How to product manage open source databases

    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]. 

    —————————  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

    32 min
  • There are lies, damn lies, and Benchmarks

    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 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

    26 min
  • The birth of OSS Insight

    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 developers create personalized GitHub dashboards.  

    OSS Insight: https://ossinsight.io/ 
    OSS Insight Lite: https://github.com/pingcap/ossinsight-lite 

    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

    34 min
  • Open source community metrics

    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 DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) efforts in communities. 

    CHAOSS Community: https://chaoss.community/ 
    OSS Insight: https://ossinsight.io/ 

    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

    39 min
  • How Hackathons can help developers

    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 FutureApp Hackathon: http://tidbhackathon2023.devpost.com 

    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

    35 min
  • The ongoing popularity of MySQL

    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 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

    32 min
  • Series Kickoff

    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 [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

    13 min

About Data in the Hallway

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A podcast series where we discuss community, database, open source, and other topics. 

Email us at [email protected] for your feedback or suggestions.