MyVector has been featured as the MySQL Ecosystem Project Spotlight of the Week in the MySQL group on LinkedIn. Thank you to Lilly Berry and the MySQL community team for the shout-out! This week, we’re spotlighting MyVector, an open source plugin that brings vector storage and similarity search capabilities to MySQL. Semantic search and recommendation…
We’re continuing to share knowledge from across the ecosystem! This time, we’re announcing a webinar with René Cannaò and Alkin Tezuysal from ProxySQL. Join us for the conversation! Register on our website: oursqlfoundation.org Date: November 3, 2026 · 10:00 AM ET · 16:00 CET · Online 🔗 Register for the webinar
30 years of open source database evolution — a talk at All Things Open 2026, Raleigh Convention Center, October 19-20.
The Oracle ACE Program published a spotlight feature on Alkin Tezuysal as part of #JoelKallmanDay 2026 — an annual celebration honoring the spirit of community, generosity, and knowledge-sharing that Oracle ACE Joel Kallman embodied throughout his career. The spotlight dives into Alkin’s 30+ years of open-source database experience — from his early career through his…
MyVector v1.26.9 has been released with support for MySQL 26.7 — the first Innovation release under Oracle’s new calendar-based versioning scheme, which replaces traditional x.y.z numbering with a YYYY.M format.The release also gives the component-based architecture introduced in v1.26.5 a more rigorous test run across the new Innovation release track. MyVector is an open-source plugin…
Alkin Tezuysal co-presented “Managed ProxySQL in Your Own AWS Account” with René Cannaò (CEO of ProxySQL) at MySQL BR Conf 2026 in São Paulo, Brazil on September 26, 2026.The session covered ProxySQL.Cloud — a bring-your-own-cloud architecture that lets users run managed ProxySQL instances in their own AWS accounts. Topics included configuration, day-to-day operations, and the…
MyVector was featured at the inaugural MySQL Ecosystem Spotlight at Percona Live Amsterdam (September 9–11, 2026) — a shared community booth showcasing open-source MySQL projects, organized by the OurSQL Foundation.Alkin Tezuysal, founder of MyVector, represented the project alongside four other MySQL ecosystem tools. On the experience, he said:”The best way to unite the community and…
All public conference slide decks — MySQL, ClickHouse, ProxySQL, Vitess, and vector search — collected on SlideShare.
Alkin Tezuysal joined the Inside MySQL: Sakila Speaks podcast to introduce MyVector — a native vector search plugin for MySQL Community Edition that brings similarity search and AI-ready capabilities directly into MySQL without requiring an external service.The episode covers how MyVector works, how community users can get started, and why embedding vector search inside MySQL…
Alkin Tezuysal was named Oracle ACE Pro in the April 2025 class of the Oracle ACE Program — Oracle’s recognition for technology thought leaders who share their expertise with the community through speaking, writing, and open-source contributions.The Oracle ACE Pro designation is the program’s mid tier, sitting between ACE Associate and ACE Director. It recognizes…