People Behind MySQL

Conversations with the engineers, maintainers, and community builders who shape MySQL and its ecosystem — in text, and soon in video and audio.

Zongzhi ChenBoard Member, OurSQL Foundation · Manager, Cloud RDS Team, Alibaba

October 14, 2026

“MySQL Is Still the Backbone”: Zongzhi Chen on Hot Rows, PolarDB, and the Agent Era

Zongzhi Chen of Alibaba Cloud on why China runs on MySQL, what Singles Day does to a database, and what MySQL has to change before AI agents pick the …

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