Glauber Costa

Glauber Costa, co-founder and CEO of Turso, shares insights on reimagining databases by rewriting SQLite in Rust with a project called Limbo. He discusses the challenges of SQLite's public domain status and the need for contributions. Glauber highlights the innovative use of Deterministic Simulation Testing for ensuring reliability and the future aspirations of the Terso platform, including open-source engagement. The conversation also touches on the creation of LibSQL and the team's vision for a billion databases, emphasizing the importance of flexibility and community involvement.

Glauber Costa, CEO of Turso, discusses the journey from a database enthusiast to CEO, forking SQLite to build a community, developing libSQL for serverless environments, implementing vector search embedding for AI, and future plans for libSQL and Turso.

Glauber Costa, founder and CEO of TursoDB, brings his background in Linux kernel development to the forefront as he discusses enhancing SQLite for production use. He shares insights on native replication, schema management, and vector search capabilities. Glauber navigates the challenges of transitioning from unikernel systems and highlights the importance of multi-tenancy. Listeners will also learn about TursoDB's user-friendly design and its future roadmap, including features aimed at improving database simplicity and efficiency.

In this conversation, Glauber Costa, Founder of Turso and a former Linux kernel developer, sheds light on the evolution of databases. He discusses the switch from NoSQL to relational databases, emphasizing the benefits of massive multi-tenancy. Glauber dives into the significance of vector search for AI and how SQLite's efficiency impacts software innovation. He also explores the innovative features of Turso, including automatic database syncing and the potential for embedded databases, reshaping how developers think about architecture.

Glauber Costa, expert in implementing high-performance databases, discusses how hardware changes impact the tradeoffs between relational and NoSQL databases. They also talk about big data, file APIs, hardware constraints, comparing hash maps and linear searches, designing a watch mode for a compiler, and advances in storage strategies like learn indexes.