Data in the Hallway

Brian Foster, Daniel van Eeden, and Ray Paik

A podcast series where we discuss community, database, open source, and other topics. Email us at podcast@pingcap.com for your feedback or suggestions.

  1. 2D AGO

    Bling's Journey to TiDB

    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.  ————————— 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
  2. FEB 26

    Using TiDB during an AI Hackathon in Malaysia

    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://devpost.com/software/tradrfin Broga, Malaysia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broga 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 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

    33 min
  3. FEB 10

    TiDB at CrowdSnapAI

    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 ————————— 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

    27 min
  4. JAN 27

    Why is FOSDEM Different?

    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's My Open Source Experience Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@MyOpenSourceExperience 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 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

    41 min
  5. JAN 14

    Zero Downtime Rolling Upgrades with TiDB

    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 journey to TiDB: https://plaid.com/blog/switching-to-tidb/ 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 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

    24 min
  6. 12/19/2025

    Retro-computing: Lessons from Vintage Tech

    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 ————————— 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

    28 min

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A podcast series where we discuss community, database, open source, and other topics. Email us at podcast@pingcap.com for your feedback or suggestions.