Oracle’s MySQL Community awarded Alkin Tezuysal the MySQL Rockstar 2023 title, recognizing outstanding contributions to the MySQL ecosystem through writing, speaking, community organizing, and open-source development.
In a Q&A published by ODBMS in October 2024, Alkin shared his views on the future of MySQL:
“MySQL stepping into the vector realm is not only crucial but inevitable.”
“The primary challenge is the absence of standardized approaches to vector data types.”
He also discussed the role of ClickHouse and MySQL HeatWave in the broader open-source analytics space, and reflected on his MySQL Cookbook, 4th Edition (O’Reilly, 2022) — a project he describes as taking two and a half years to complete.