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-xrbgvm
• Lens 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

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/FOSDEM
• FOSDEM 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

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-3Q
• Plaid'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