Listen "Highlights of the TiDB 8.5 Release"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we talk to Ben Meadowcroft (Product Lead for TiDB Core) about the latest Long-term Support (LTS) release TiDB 8.5 and discussed highlights of the release. * TiDB 8.5 release notes: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/release-8.5.0#tidb-850-release-notes * TiDB roadmap: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/dev/tidb-roadmap* List of expressions for Pushdown: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/expressions-pushed-down* TiDB #vectorsearch: https://docs.pingcap.com/tidb/stable/vector-search-overview#vector-search-overview * Contributor blog post: https://medium.com/@ray.paik/tidb-8-5-is-here-b2ca09e972d5————————— 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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