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Talent Plan is an open source training program by PingCAP offering courses on open source collaboration, Rust programming, and distributed databases/systems. It includes hands-on projects like building a Rust key/value store and implementing Raft consensus, plus TinySQL and TinyKV distributed database courses in Go.

Use cases

• learn distributed systems through hands-on projects
• learn Rust by building a networked key-value store
• implement the Raft consensus algorithm
• understand how distributed databases like TiDB work
• learn how to contribute to open source projects
• study distributed transaction protocols like Percolator
• find structured coursework adapted from MIT 6.824

When to choose

• you want project-based learning for distributed systems and Rust
• you want to understand the internals of TiDB/TiKV-style databases
• you prefer free, self-paced courses with concrete coding projects
• you are preparing to contribute to PingCAP or similar infrastructure projects

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready database or library rather than course material
• you want video lectures or instructor-led training
• you need beginner-level programming instruction before touching Rust or Go
• you expect actively updated content, as some courses are works-in-progress

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