Exploring Turso with Glauber Costa: Insights on SQLite for Production
In this episode of The GeekNarrator podcast, host Kaivalya Apte interviews Glauber Costa, founder and CEO of TursoDB. They discuss the inception of TursoDB, Glauber's background in Linux kernel development, and the journey from unikernel projects to founding a database company. Glauber explains TursoDB's enhancements to SQLite for production use, including native replication, schema management, and vector search capabilities. The conversation dives deep into use cases, architecture, and the benefits of a multi-tenant database design. Learn about TursoDB’s future plans and essential insights for developers.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:05 The Birth of Turso
08:02 Challenges and Pivot to libSQL
17:12 SQLite for Production: Enhancements and Features
22:02 Replication and Backup Solutions
23:38 Enterprise-Level Features and Multi-Tenancy
25:55 User Experience and Simplicity of TursoDB
33:14 Handling Network Failures and Monitoring
36:35 Native Replication in SQLite
37:52 Virtualizing the Write-Ahead Log
39:20 Replication Mechanisms
41:31 Primary and Replica Dynamics
46:51 Multi-Tenancy and Scalability
53:33 Schema Changes and Migrations
58:51 Vector Search Capabilities
01:02:13 Future Roadmap and Features
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