[TiDB Community Honor Roll] In August, 4 new MVAs, eloquent writers, pillars of the community

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Original topic: 【TiDB社区 荣誉榜】8月,新晋 MVA 4位,妙笔著文章,社区之担当

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August has passed! As the autumn air extends from north to south,

The south has not yet entered autumn, while the north is already cool,

With the changing of the seasons, autumn leaves fall and spring buds sprout, the TiDB community has also welcomed four teachers who have been awarded the “MVA” honor for the first time:

They are:

@magongyong

Personal Introduction:

Ma Gongyong, DBA at BaiRong Cloud, has been working as a DBA for 12 years.

Evangelism Track:

Article Topic Link
Practical - Recording a Major Version Upgrade 专栏 - 实战-记录一次大版本升级 | TiDB 社区
Exploration and Practice of Distributed Database TiDB at BaiRong Cloud 专栏 - 分布式数据库TiDB在百融云创的探索与实践 | TiDB 社区
TiDB Hotspot Testing 专栏 - TiDB热点测试 | TiDB 社区

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Personal Introduction:

Mo Shan, DBA at Zhuanzhuan Group

MVA Declaration:

Love technology, embrace open source, enjoy communicating with everyone, hope to grow together and make mutual progress; also hope TiDB and the TiDB community get better and better, bringing more surprises to everyone.

Evangelism Track:

Article Topic Link
Online Verification of Data Consistency Between Two TiDB Systems 专栏 - 在线校验两个tidb系统的数据一致性 | TiDB 社区
TiDB 2.1 Upgrade to 4.0 Operation Document 专栏 - tidb 2.1升级到4.0操作文档 | TiDB 社区
Monitoring Implementation of TiDB Components at Process Level in Linux Environment 专栏 - Linux 环境-TiDB组件进程维度的监控实现 | TiDB 社区

@DBA_YinYuhao

Personal Introduction:

Yin Yuhao, a small DBA at G7 Chengdu

MVA Declaration:

I am honored and surprised to receive the MVA honor. I believe my contributions are not enough yet, and I will strive to improve myself and contribute more articles in the future, progressing together with the TiDB community.

Community Contribution Record:

Contributed 3 articles; participated in the internal testing of courses 304 and 305, reported several issues with the courses, and helped refine the course products; member of TiDB 6.x in Action reviewer, participated in the writing and review of TiDB 6.x in Action articles.

Evangelism Track:

Article Topic Link
TiDB V6.0.0 Experience – TiEM 专栏 - TiDB 生态工具 -- TiUniManager(原 TiEM)v1.0.0 体验 | TiDB 社区
TiDB Operation Practice – Backup and Restore 专栏 - TiDB 操作实践 -- 备份与恢复 | TiDB 社区
My Story with TiDB – If There is Fate, We Will Eventually Meet 专栏 - 我和 TiDB 的故事 | 缘份在,那就终是能相遇的 | TiDB 社区

@OnTheRoad

Personal Introduction:

Chen Yingzi, a brick-moving DBA at a credit big data company

Community Contribution Record:

  1. Published 5 column articles

  2. Published a resource center article “TiDB v5.3.0->v5.4.2->v6.1.0 Offline Upgrade and Scaling Guide” (120,000 words)

  3. Compiled a PCTP v5 e-book “PCTP Certification Exam Guide [Unofficial]”

  4. Made 2 PRs to the official TiDB documentation

MVA Declaration:

Born for technology, forged by strength. We are on the road to domestic substitution.

Evangelism Track:

Article Topic Link
PCTP Exam Study Notes Part 1: In-depth TiDB System Architecture (Upper) 专栏 - PCTP考试学习笔记之一:深入TIDB体系架构(上) | TiDB 社区
PCTP Exam Study Notes Part 1: In-depth TiDB System Architecture (Lower) 专栏 - PCTP考试学习笔记之一:深入TIDB体系架构(下) | TiDB 社区
pd-ctl Options – Detailed Explanation of jq Formatting Syntax Usage Cases 专栏 - pd-ctl 选项 --jq 格式化语法使用案例详解 | TiDB 社区
Offline Deployment Series Part 2: TiDB Cluster Upgrade (5.3.0->5.4.2) & Scaling TiDB Server, PD, TiKV, TiFlash 专栏 - 离线部署系列文章之二:TiDB集群升级(5.3.0->5.4.2)&缩扩容 TiDB Server、PD、TiKV、TiFlash | TiDB 社区
Offline Deployment Series Part 1: TiDB v5.3.0 Cluster Deployment & Source Code Deployment Haproxy v2.5.0 专栏 - 离线部署系列文章之一:TiDBv5.3.0集群部署&源码部署 Haproxy v2.5.0 | TiDB 社区

What is MVA&MOA?

MVA (Most Valuable Advocate) and MOA (Most Outstanding Advocate) are technical evangelists emerging in the TiDB community. They share high-quality talks, write high-quality technical articles, and engage in peer learning with community members in fields such as TiDB, cutting-edge database and big data technology, and popular technical topics. They are recognized as TiDB technology pioneers and leaders by the TiDB community, enjoying the highest community honors and benefits.

How to Become an MVA&MOA?

MVA

Within a year (calendar year), if you make 3 or more multi-dimensional contributions to the TiDB community and pass the review by the Evangelist Committee, you can be elected as the annual MVA of the TiDB community.

MOA

Within a year (calendar year), if you make 10 or more multi-dimensional contributions to the TiDB community and pass the review by the Evangelist Committee, you can be elected as the annual MOA of the TiDB community.

Multi-dimensional Contributions Include:

Ti Can Speak:

  • Serve as a speaker at TiDB community events online or offline
  • Participate in other community events and speak about TiDB products or the TiDB community online or offline
  • Represent the TiDB community in external presentations
  • Teach TiDB public courses as a certified instructor
  • Participate as a special guest in moderator exchange meetings

Ti Can Write:

  • Publish technical articles related to TiDB
    • Requirements: 1500+ words, complete structure, clearly explain technical points

What Are the Benefits of MVA&MOA?

MVA Benefits:

  1. Exclusive CPU keychain for TiDB technical evangelists
  2. Experience points & reward points 300 points
  3. Customized MVA medal
  4. Peripheral gifts
  5. New course internal testing qualification (exempt from review)
  6. Devcon ticket (single ticket)

MOA Benefits:

  1. Experience points & reward points 500 points
  2. Customized MOA medal
  3. Holiday gift box
  4. One PCTP certification exam
  5. Community peripheral blind box 5-piece set
  6. New course internal testing qualification (exempt from review)
  7. Community event speaker
  8. Devcon ticket (multiple tickets)

Appendix: 2022 MOA&MVA Honor Roll

2022 MOA 6 People

2022 MVA 23 People