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MySQL applications hit scaling ceilings: hot shards, schema-change windows, and operational sprawl from too many replicas. In this hands-on lab, we’ll show you how to modernize MySQL workloads onto TiDB to unlock horizontal scale, online schema evolution, and operational simplicity without major code rewrites.

REGISTER VIA LINK: https://bit.ly/3M9XRm4

You’ll see how TiDB’s MySQL-compatible, distributed SQL architecture separates compute and storage, scales linearly, and keeps applications online during migrations and upgrades. We’ll walk through how to migrate from MySQL to TiDB using TiDB Data Migration tooling, including setting up the migration task and verifying the migration result.

What you’ll learn:

• How to lift-and-shift MySQL schemas and data with minimal code changes using TiDB’s MySQL compatibility and migration tooling.
• Executing online DDL on hot tables without downtime and reducing lock contention under peak load.
• Horizontally scaling reads and writes by distributing data automatically, with elastic capacity and no application-side sharding.
• Strategies for zero- or near-zero-downtime cutover, verification, and safe rollback.
• wConsolidating OLTP + operational analytics via TiDB’s columnar engine and secondary indexes to simplify your stack.

REGISTER VIA LINK: https://bit.ly/3M9XRm4

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

In this on-demand webinar, Leandro Morgado, Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt, recounts the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shares in-depth insights from the trenches that showcase Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.

Key topics include:

• Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
• How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
• Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
• How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/43jg72m

Please register here to ensure you get a reserved seat for this event: https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2025031814

Join TiDB developed by PingCAP, Antithesis, MongoDB and industry leaders for an evening of insights and networking focused on building reliable, scalable, and high-performance data-intensive applications. This meetup will bring together developers, infrastructure engineers, SREs, and architects to explore cutting-edge tools and best practices for managing complex data workloads.

Hear from PingCAP about TiDB, the distributed SQL database designed for modern applications, and learn how EasyPost leverages TiDB to power their operations. MongoDB will share their journey of using formal methods (TLA+) to validate critical database consensus protocols, while Antithesis will explore strategies for detecting hidden failure modes that traditional reliability practices might miss. Whether you're building the next big app or optimizing existing infrastructure, this event will equip you with the knowledge and connections to tackle the challenges of data-intensive systems. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, share, and connect with fellow developers in NYC! Agenda: * 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Checkin, Food and networking * 6:00pm\~8:00pm: Tech talks and Q&A * 8:00pm: Open discussion, Mixer

Who Should Attend: Developers, Infrastructure Engineers, SREs, Architects, and anyone passionate about building reliable, data-driven applications.

Speakers/Topics:

• TiDB and the future of distributed databases, Li Shen (PingCAP)
• Scaling Beyond Limits: Selecting and Qualifying TiDB for a Future Without MySQL Sharding, Adam Firester (Easypost)
• Designing robust database consensus protocol using formal methods (TLA+), Siyuan Zhou (MongoDB)
• Uncovering hidden failure modes in complex systems, Youhana Naseim (Antithesis)

Venue: Microsoft NYC - Times Square, 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 Room Name: 5th floor Music Box/Winter Garden

** Important **: Due to room capacity and building security, you must register on the event website for admission.

Description: Join PingCAP, Antithesis, MongoDB and industry leaders for an evening of insights and networking focused on building reliable, scalable, and high-performance data-intensive applications. This meetup will bring together developers, infrastructure engineers, SREs, and architects to explore cutting-edge tools and best practices for managing complex data workloads.

Hear from PingCAP about TiDB, the distributed SQL database designed for modern applications, and learn how EasyPost leverages TiDB to power their operations. MongoDB will share their journey of using formal methods (TLA+) to validate critical database consensus protocols, while Antithesis will explore strategies for detecting hidden failure modes that traditional reliability practices might miss.

Who Should Attend: Developers, Infrastructure Engineers, SREs, Architects, and anyone passionate about building reliable, data-driven applications.

Speakers/Topics:

• TiDB and the future of distributed databases, Li Shen (PingCAP)
• Scaling Beyond Limits: Selecting and Qualifying TiDB for a Future Without MySQL Sharding, Adam Firester (Easypost)
• Designing robust database consensus protocol using formal methods (TLA+), Siyuan Zhou (MongoDB)
• Uncovering hidden failure modes in complex systems, Youhana Naseim (Antithesis)

Speakers and Topics: Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsor. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 20,000+ AI developers in New York or 450K+ worldwide.

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• Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
• Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
• Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
• Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers. *

MySQL vs. TiDB: Accelerate Growth with a MySQL Alternative Battle Tested at Any Scale

Date: November 14, 2024 Time: 10AM PT

Please save your spot by registering through this link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/accelerate-growth-with-a-mysql-alternative-battle-tested-at-any-scale/

Struggling to scale out your MySQL workloads? In this webinar, PingCAP Head of Solution Engineering Brian Walters dives deep into MySQL and TiDB to help you decide which database is best for your organization’s needs. You’ll discover:

• The key differences between TiDB’s distributed SQL architecture and MySQL’s single-node system with compute and storage tightly coupled.
• How TiDB elastically scales out transactional applications with strong ACID consistency, eliminating downtime.
• The pros and cons of each database in terms of value proposition, scalability, and deployment options.
• Why innovative companies such as Databricks, Bolt, and Flipkart migrated from MySQL to TiDB.

Speaker:

Brian Walters Brian is Head of Solutions Engineering, North America at PingCAP, the company behind TiDB. Prior to this role, Brian held positions at companies such as PreSales Collective, MongoDB, Percona, Oracle, Teradata, and ePIT Systems, Inc. Brian has a background in database architecture, IT management, and business analysis, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Leadership from Brandman University.

We hope to see you there.

Date & Time: 17 October, 2024 from 19:00 – 21:30 CEST Location: Warsaw, Poland, Golder Floor Conference Overview: Join us for an in-depth meetup where we explore how TiDB, a horizontally scalable and MySQL-compatible database, can significantly reduce the time and expense associated with application maintenance.

We’ll dive into TiDB’s unique features that make it an ideal choice for organizations looking to streamline their database operations while keeping costs in check. Attendees will learn how TiDB’s distributed architecture and automatic failover capabilities contribute to lower maintenance overhead and enhanced application performance.

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the cost-saving benefits of TiDB’s distributed database architecture.
• Learn how to leverage TiDB to minimize application downtime and maintenance efforts.
• Discover real-world use cases where TiDB has optimized maintenance costs for leading companies.

Whether you’re a DBA, DevOps professional, or developer, this meetup will provide valuable insights for optimizing your application infrastructure. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical knowledge and network with like-minded industry professionals.

Agenda: 18:30 – 19:00 Networking ( drinks and snacks) 19:00 – 19:15 – Welcome talk 19:15- 19:45 – Data at Scale – Intro to modern distributed database TiDB for scalability, reliability and versatility by Mattias Jonsson, Senior Database Engineer at PingCAP 19:45 – 20:15 – Cost Efficient Data Management by Nikita, Business Development Manager at PingCAP 20:15- 20:30 – Break ( drinks and snacks) 20:30 – 21:00 – Journey from HBase to TiDB to achieve increased performance 21:00 – 22:00 – Networking ( drinks and snacks)

Speakers:

Mattias Jonsson, Senior Database Engineer at PingCAP Mattias has worked with MySQL for more than 15 years. Prior to joining PingCAP, he worked for Booking.com, where he spent a significant amount of time on MySQL.

Nikita Khristenko, Business Development Manager at PingCAP Nikita is experienced Business Development Manager. Previously as Global Chief of Ai driving the adoption of AI solutions at Tencent Cloud.

Anton Lapin, Software Engineer at Bolt I’m Anton Lapin, Software Engineer at Bolt working on Customer Support Automations. Participated in development of AI Chatbot Alfred. Before joining Bolt, I got a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and worked 3 years as a Software Engineer extensively developing web applications.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.

Date: January 30th, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT Registration Link: https://www.pingcap.com/event/how-tidbs-architecture-supports-scale-and-reliability/

To meet the demands of modern applications, relational databases need a radically new architecture — one designed from the ground up to handle voluminous data and transaction loads, resist different types of failure and function seamlessly during times of peak demand without manual intervention or patchwork scaling strategies.

TiDB is a prime example of this new style of database architecture. As an open-source distributed SQL database, it’s designed for the most demanding applications, scaling out to handle data volumes up to a petabyte in size.

Join Alex Feinberg, Software Engineer at PingCAP, as he provides expert insights into the architectural features that give TiDB its scalability and reliability, including:

• TiDB’s design fundamentals
• How the Raft consensus algorithm serves as an essential cornerstone for replication
• How distributed transactions maintain ACID properties
• How TiDB’s native support for high availability minimizes downtime for critical applications and services
• TiDB’s wide range of tools and features for disaster recovery

We hope to see you there!

Speaker:

Alex Feinberg Software Engineer

Alex Feinberg is a software engineer at PingCAP where he works on TiKV, TiDB’s distributed storage engine. He is passionate about distributed systems, databases, systems programming, and programming languages. Prior to PingCAP, Alex worked on a number of distributed storage systems including LinkedIn’s Project Voldemort and Amazon Web Services’ Aurora for MySQL.