Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks

Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks

The Inside MySQL, Sakila Speaks podcast is dedicated to all things MySQL. We bring you the latest news from the MySQL team, MySQL product updates, and inciteful interviews with members of the MySQL Community. Sit back and enjoy as your hosts, Fred Descamps and Scott Stroz, bring you the latest updates on your favorite open-source database.

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September 18, 2025 19 mins

Oracle Ace Alkin Tezuysal joins leFred and Scott to introduce the MyVector plugin for MySQL Community Edition, bringing powerful vector search capabilities to your favorite open-source database. Learn how MyVector enables advanced AI and similarity search features, why this matters for modern applications, and how the MySQL community can easily get started.

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leFred and Scott sit down with Gaurav Chadha to explore MySQL AI, a new solution that brings advanced AI features available in HeatWave to organizations running MySQL Enterprise Edition on-premises. Discover how MySQL AI bridges the gap between cloud innovation and on-premise infrastructure, making transformative AI capabilities more accessible, secure, and efficient for teams that rely on MySQL Enterprise Edition wherever their da...

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In this episode, leFred and Scott are joined by Onur Kocberber to explore the many features of HeatWave AutoPilot. Learn how AutoPilot’s intelligent automation helps manage MySQL instances with ease, optimizes performance, and reduces operational costs. Onur shares practical insights and real-world examples showing how customers can streamline their database operations with HeatWave AutoPilot.

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In this episode, leFred and Scott welcome Jayant Sharma and Sanjay Jinturkar to the Sakila Studio for an insightful conversation on machine learning and generative AI within HeatWave. Discover how these cutting-edge technologies are integrated, what makes HeatWave unique, and how organizations can leverage its capabilities to unlock new possibilities in data and AI. Tune in for practical insights, real-world use cases, and a closer...

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Kick off Season 3 of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks as leFred and Scott welcome Matt Quinn for an engaging introduction to the world of Artificial Intelligence. In this episode, we step back from the database and explore what AI really is, how it’s shaping society and technology, and why it matters to anyone in tech today. Whether you’re just curious about AI or eager to understand its key concepts, join us as we break down the basics...

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March 17, 2025 15 mins
MySQL Rockstar,
 
René Cannaò, drops in on Fred & Scott to wax philosophical about the success of MySQL, the MySQL Community, and his inspiration for ProxySQL
 
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February 13, 2025 8 mins
For this episode, Fred and Scott are joined by Laurynas Biveinis - one of the most prolific individual contributors to MySQL Community. Take a listen as Laurynas discusses the process he uses when he discovers bugs and how he sets up tests for the engineering team.
 
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January 30, 2025 20 mins
Pedro Andrade joins Fred and Scott to talk about how MySQL's mascot was named. Pedro shares a conversation he had with Ambrose Twebaze where they discuss the competition where Sakila was given her name.
 
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January 16, 2025 21 mins
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December 13, 2024 18 mins

In this episode, Fred & Scott share their history with MySQL - including when they first started using MySQL and discuss some of their favorite features.

 

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Fred and Scott are joined by Mughees Minhas, Product Management Senior Vice President of Enterprise and Cloud Manageability for an informative discussion of the latest LTS release fo MySQL and how the new versioning of MySQL provides a balance of innovation and stability.

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May 28, 2024 13 mins
Luis Soares, Senior Software Development Director and the "face" of all things MySQL replication, drops by to enlighten us about group replication and its different uses in the MySQL ecosystem.
 
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May 7, 2024 28 mins

For this episode, Fred and Scott are joined by Miguel Araujo, Senior Principal Software Engineer for MySQL Shell. Miguel outlines MySQL Shell's history and discusses its more popular and powerful features. The conversation winds down with us discussing our favorite features.

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The MySQL Team has implemented a new versioning model that includes LTS. Geir Hoydalsvik, Senior Director of Software Development for MySQL stops by to give a primer on this new versioning model and breaks down the differences between the '8.0' releases and the 'Innovation' releases.

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April 9, 2024 27 mins

Wim Coekaerts, Executive Vice President of Software Development at Oracle joins Fred and Scott for the inaugural episode of Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks. Wim gives us an update on the "State of the Dolphin" and discussed where MySQL fits into the landscape.

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