In this episode of The GeekNarrator podcast, host Kaivalya Apte interviews Glauber Costa, founder and CEO of TursoDB. They discuss the inception of TursoDB, Glauber's background in Linux kernel development, and the journey from unikernel projects to founding a database company. Glauber explains TursoDB's enhancements to SQLite for production use, including native replication, schema management, and vector search capabilities. The conversation dives deep into use cases, architecture, and the benefits of a multi-tenant database design. Learn about TursoDB’s future plans and essential insights for developers.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

05:05 The Birth of Turso

08:02 Challenges and Pivot to libSQL

17:12 SQLite for Production: Enhancements and Features

22:02 Replication and Backup Solutions

23:38 Enterprise-Level Features and Multi-Tenancy

25:55 User Experience and Simplicity of TursoDB

33:14 Handling Network Failures and Monitoring

36:35 Native Replication in SQLite

37:52 Virtualizing the Write-Ahead Log

39:20 Replication Mechanisms

41:31 Primary and Replica Dynamics

46:51 Multi-Tenancy and Scalability

53:33 Schema Changes and Migrations

58:51 Vector Search Capabilities

01:02:13 Future Roadmap and Features

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