What is the TiDB Community Column
The TiDB community column http://tidb.io/blog is a collection of community technical articles and a blog platform for TiDB users/lovers to [exchange ideas] and [analyze problems].
The first essay contest of TiDB community column is coming! As long as you are interested in TiDB products and have researched TiDBer, you can come to participate. There are a lot of topics for you to choose from here, and you can tell your story with TiDB.
If you don't know where to start writing, you can refer to: Column Technical Article Publishing Guidelines & Rewards
This guide contains the following:
1. The value of technical articles
2. How to write a high-quality technical article?
3. How to choose the topic of technical articles?
4. How to write "high-quality" technical articles after selecting a topic?
5. Unpopular content that is not approved by the review
6. Technical article reward rules
7. Quality article standards
Essay Contest article requirements:
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Content: First published, original, more than 800 words of text, with depth and quality of content (what problems do you encounter, how to solve them? How does it help readers?)
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Structure: The content structure is complete, the logic is clear, and the writing is fluent
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Typesetting: Illustrated and textual
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Bonus points: reference, practicality, innovation
Personal memos, records and notes do not meet the entry requirements.
Participation benefits:
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Generous competition prizes
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Each article can get 100-600 points & experience points
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Build personal influence
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Be on the headlines of the PingCAP public account and deepen your personal influence
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TiDB Community's Guidance for Technical Article Writing
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Have more platforms and opportunities to communicate with evangelists
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Excellent content contributors have more opportunities to come to the TiDB community to participate in the on-site sharing of Meetup
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High-quality content can be promoted through omni-channel media matrix of "TiDB Community"
prize settings:
First prize (1 winner):
TiDB community honorable 10-piece set + "TiDB community column first prize in the first essay contest" trophy + honorary certificate + "excellent article" community badge
TiDB Community Customized Prestige 10-piece set includes: limited luggage + customized keyboard + 2022 new geek backpack + monitor hanging lamp + keycap + wireless charger + astronaut canvas bag + decompressed U-shaped pillow + three All-in-one data cable + automatic rain or shine umbrella
Second prize (3 winners):
TiDB Community Customized Honor 6-piece set + "TiDB Community Column First Prize Essay Competition Second Prize" trophy + "Wonderful Articles" community badge
TiDB community honor 6-piece set includes: 2022 new geek backpack + keycap + automatic rain and rain umbrella + astronaut canvas bag + decompressed U-shaped pillow + three-in-one data cable
Third Prize (6 winners):
TiDB community customized 4-piece set + "TiDB Community Column 1st Essay Competition Third Prize" trophy + "Wonderful Articles" community badge
TiDB community 4-piece set: 2022 new geek backpack + keycaps + astronaut canvas bag + automatic rain or shine umbrella
Popularity Award (3 winners):
TiDB Community Foundation 4-piece set + Best Popularity Award trophy
TiDB community foundation 4-piece set: 2022 new geek backpack + keycap + astronaut canvas bag + 3-in-1 data cable best popularity award = the number of likes of the article, the three articles with the most likes will win the most The Best Popularity Award, which can be won simultaneously with the first to third prizes.
Participation Award:
Write an article during the essay competition and meet the article requirements of the essay competition, you can get:
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TiDB Community "First Essay Contest" - "Community Honorary Writer" badge
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Each article can get 100-600 points & experience points. Points Reward Reference: Column Technical Article Publishing Guide & Rewards
How to participate in the event:
1. Register a TiDB community account
2. Publish technical articles in the column
Selection Rules:
1st Prize to 3rd Prize
First round selection:
During the period of the essay contest, the top 50 articles with the highest popularity of column technical articles can be shortlisted for the second round of selection!
Popularity = Favorites * 20 + Likes * 10
Second round of selection:
The judges will score (the scoring items will be divided into 4 scoring dimensions, each dimension is 1-10 points, the highest is 10 points, and the lowest is 1 point)
The moderators, the evangelist organizing committee, TiDB technical experts, etc. will jointly score, and the total score will be calculated according to the judges' scores , and the first to third prizes will be awarded according to the total score.
Multiple articles have won multiple awards, and only the highest award will be awarded (one person can only get one award, multiple articles can get more)
Scoring Dimensions:
1. Structural integrity: the content structure is complete, with pictures and texts
2. The typicality of the theme: the depth of the content, the quality of the content, and the reference and value to other TiDBers
3. Content: no technical errors, smooth language, clear logic and fluent writing
4. Bonus items: reference, practicality and innovation
Best Popularity Award
Best Popularity Award = the number of likes for the article, the 3 articles with the most likes will win the Best Popularity Award, which can be won together with the first to third prizes.
Tips for extra points: After publishing the article, you can share the article on other platforms and indicate the reprint link, which can increase the exposure of the TiDB community column article and increase the possibility of being liked and favorited.
Call for Papers:
Fault case:
Troubleshooting & Troubleshooting
Database migration practice:
TiDB upstream and downstream synchronization and full incremental migration of massive data
Best Practices for Migrating Other Databases to TiDB
Performance tuning:
Pre-installation (hardware or system level) tuning
TiDB parameter tuning
SQL optimization
Research and verification of TiKV cold and hot data storage scheme
TiDB execution plan analysis and sql optimization case
Other performance tuning
Disaster recovery and abnormal recovery:
TiCDC Backup and Recovery Best Practices
Region majority replica failure recovery
BR backup restore
Other disaster recovery and abnormal recovery
Practice in the new version:
TiDB 5.4 application practice
Other current latest version practices
Source code interpretation:
Interpretation of TiDB source code
Interpretation of TiKV source code
DM source code interpretation
Interpretation of PD source code
Other source code interpretation
Use practice:
TiCDC usage practice
TiFlash usage practice
Practice with other tools
Database selection:
My story with TiDB
It can be a story with TiDB products or a story with the TiDB community
Other TiDB related articles
Activity time:
2022.03.14-2022.05.31
Announcement of activity evaluation results:
Results will be announced within 7-10 working days after the event ends
Prize presentation:
Limited edition luggage:
New geek backpacks for 2022:
Display hanging light:
Unzip the U-shaped pillow:
Fully automatic rain or shine umbrella:
Custom keyboards:
Wireless charging cable:
keycap:
Three-in-one data cable:
Astronaut canvas bag:
