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Data in the Hallway

Data in the Hallway

By: Brian Foster Daniel van Eeden and Ray Paik
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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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Episodes
  • Celebrating TiDB AgentX Hackathon Winners
    Oct 30 2025

    In this espisode, we talk to two winners of the TiDB AgentX Hackathon Aishwarya Nathani & Nikhil Mankani. We discuss the inspiration for their PetFitAI project and how they built their application with TiDB's AI features.

    • PetFitAI project page: https://tinyurl.com/8c3kjh6r
    • TiDB AgentX Hackathon page: https://tidb-2025-hackathon.devpost.com/
    • Hybrid search in TiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/vector-search-hybrid-search/#hybrid-search
    • TiDB Chat2Query: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/use-chat2query-api/

    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

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    31 mins
  • Open Source in Climate & Environmental Movement
    Oct 15 2025

    In this episode, we sit down with Shannon Dosemagen of the Open Environmental Data Project to discuss the importance of openness and transparency in her Climate & Environmental Movement work

    • Shannon's keynote at the Open Source Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fhgyeejtzs
    • Open Environmental Data Project: https://www.openenvironmentaldata.org/
    • Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH): https://openhardware.science/
    • Data Rescue Project: https://www.datarescueproject.org/

    ————————— 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

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    31 mins
  • Is TiDB always the right database for MySQL users?
    Sep 30 2025

    In this episode, we sit down with Airton Lastori (Product Manager for TiDB ) to discuss how MySQL users can evaluate if TiDB is the right database for them and tools that are available to help with their migration.

    * MySQL BR Conf: https://mysqlbr.com.br/
    * Migration tools forTiDB: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/migration-tools/
    * TiDB's MySQL compatibility: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/mysql-compatibility/#mysql-compatibility
    * Migration from MySQL to TiDB: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/migrating-mysql-tidb/
    * Setting Op TiDB Locally with TiUP: https://www.pingcap.com/blog/distributed-sql-tutorial-first-steps-setting-up-tidb-locally/

    ————————— 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

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    39 mins
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