# pingcap/talent-plan

open source training courses about distributed database and distributed systems

Repository: https://github.com/pingcap/talent-plan
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/talent-plan
Homepage: https://tidb.io/talent-plan
Language: Rust
License Family: other
Topics: distributed-systems, rust, golang, talent-plan, pingcap, distributed-database, open-source
Last push: 2023-09-18T11:33:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2781, "days_push": 1080, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10989, forks 1387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:44.981447+00:00)

## What it is
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

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, concurrency, database, networking
- domain: microservices, databases, tutorials, programming-languages, developer-tools
- platform: rust, go, cross-platform
- tags: distributed-systems, rust-courses, golang, raft-consensus, tidb, tikv, training-program, pingcap, open-source-education

## Member repositories
- pingcap/talent-plan (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.981447+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:17:14.906042+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pingcap/talent-plan (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:44.981447+00:00, sha e58b5b5efe3c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.