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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.

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April 10, 2026Episode 6522 min

How Twintag federates TiDB with Apache DataFusion

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. ————————— 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

March 26, 2026Episode 6426 min

Observability Datastores

————————— 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

March 12, 2026Episode 6333 min

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

February 26, 2026Episode 6233 min

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

February 10, 2026Episode 6127 min

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

January 27, 2026Episode 6040 min

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

January 14, 2026Episode 5923 min

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

December 19, 2025Episode 5828 min

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

December 2, 2025Episode 5730 min

Computer Science in the Age of AI

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, #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

November 13, 2025Episode 5636 min

Choosing your (first) database

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 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