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Data in the Hallway

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

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Community Technology
Update frequency
every 15 days
Average duration
31 minutes
Episodes
53
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Why is documentation important and how can we make it better?

Why is documentation important and how can we make it better?

In this episode, we talk to Mike Jang (Lead Technical Writer at Forescout Technologies) about his philosophy on what makes a good documentation and how having an open source documentation makes it ea…

00:29:55  |   Fri 10 Nov 2023
Book club discussion: High Performance Data Architectures report

Book club discussion: High Performance Data Architectures report

In this episode, we talk to Brian Foster (Director of Content Marketing at PingCAP) about the O’Reilly Report titled High-Performance Data Architectures. We discuss what was involved in creating a re…

00:31:55  |   Wed 25 Oct 2023
From database to backend as a service, how Data Service can help.

From database to backend as a service, how Data Service can help.

In this episode, we talk to Arun Vijayraghavan (Principal Product Manager at PingCAP) about the TiDB Cloud Data Service, including its benefits, target audience, use cases and future plans. 

TiDB Clou…

00:32:59  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
Helping farmers in sub-saharan Africa with TiDB Serverless

Helping farmers in sub-saharan Africa with TiDB Serverless

In this episode, we talk to Festus Idowu and Victor Olufemi about their TiDB FutureApp Hackathon project Argobotfarms to help farmers in sub-saharan Africa. Festus and Victor discuss when they first …

00:33:57  |   Mon 25 Sep 2023
Getting the most out of events: for both organizers & attendees

Getting the most out of events: for both organizers & attendees

In this episode, we talk to Emily Kyle (Head of Marketing at ProjectDiscovery.io) about why we do events, how events can be more meaningful for the developer audience, and if events changed after the…

00:39:43  |   Wed 13 Sep 2023
How can we ensure our database applications work and scale?

How can we ensure our database applications work and scale?

In this episode, we talk to Adam Furmanek (Head of DevRel at Metis: https://www.metisdata.io/) about what database developers can do to ensure their applications work and scale. Adam discusses monito…

00:33:43  |   Fri 25 Aug 2023
Walking the tight rope: How to product manage open source databases

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 …

00:31:46  |   Mon 07 Aug 2023
There are lies, damn lies, and Benchmarks

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 transaction…

00:25:23  |   Mon 17 Jul 2023
The birth of OSS Insight

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…

00:34:00  |   Mon 10 Jul 2023
Open source community metrics

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 discus…

00:38:07  |   Fri 07 Jul 2023
The ongoing popularity of MySQL

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 tha…

00:31:51  |   Wed 05 Jul 2023
How Hackathons can help developers

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. Ra…

00:34:48  |   Wed 05 Jul 2023
Series Kickoff

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 na…

00:12:04  |   Wed 05 Jul 2023
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