Category: Databases – Blog Posts

On Large Language Models (LLMs) and Databases. Q&A with Madeleine Corneli

Q1. You believe in collaboration, working closely with engineering, data science, marketing, and customers. How does it work in practice? What are the challenges you face in bringing different stakeholders together?  Collaboration across technical...

On HeatWave MySQL: Query Execution, Performance, Benchmarks, and Vector type. Q&A with Kaan Kara.

Q1. You are working as a lead developer mainly responsible for query execution in HeatWave MySQL. What are the challenges that you try to solve?  HeatWave is an in-memory data processing engine, so for...

On NEXTGRES and the evolution of PostgreSQL. Q&A with Jonah Harris.

Q1: What is NEXTGRES? NEXTGRES is a next-generation, enterprise-class evolution of PostgreSQL designed to unify diverse data types, code execution, and computational workloads within a single, scalable system. By integrating multiple data models–including relational,...

On Predictable Real-Time Data Management Over Persistent Storage Media. Q&A with Andrei Gorine and Steve Graves

Q1. As real-time systems grow in complexity, they require managing increasingly large and intricate data. What are the main challenges in managing the predictability aspects of real-time databases? Several challenges must be addressed. In a...

MySQL Rockstar 2023: Q&A with Alkin Tezuysal

Q1. You were awarded the MySQL Rockstar 2023. Congratulations! What do you think are your most important contributions in the area of open-source relational databases? My most significant contributions to the open-source relational database community...