The Rustacean Station Podcast

PancakeDB with Martin Loncaric

Posted Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:30:00 +0000

Allen Wyma talks with Martin Loncaric, creator of PancakeDB. PancakeDB is a database that focuses on low latency ingestion of data.

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Timestamps

  • 0:35 - Martin’s Bio
  • 1:30 - What is PancakeDB?
  • 5:48 - How does Pancake compare to CSV & Parquet?
  • 7:09 - Where did the idea of working on PancakeDB come from?
  • 9:25 - PancakeDB license & monetization
  • 14:00 - What makes PancakeDB so highly performant
  • 18:21 - How Martin got into Big Data
  • 21:22 - How PancakeDB addresses the data ingestion problem
  • 26:28 - Where did the name Pancake DB come from?
  • 27:42 - Recommended ways to implement data ingestion
  • 30:37 - Rust vs other languages when it comes to data processing
  • 34:05 - What brought Martin to Rust
  • 37:23 - How can Rust improve & Martin’s parting thoughts

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Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma