Lukas Vileikis

Lukas is a database engineer, ethical hacker, speaker, and the author of the book "Hacking MySQL: Breaking, Optimizing, and Securing MySQL for Your Use Case." Lukas runs one of the biggest & fastest data breach search engines in the world - BreachDirectory.com - and frequently speaks at conferences educating developers on why and how best to optimize their databases and secure their applications.

Sessions for 2026

Making MariaDB Perform at Scale: Optimizing for Billions of Rows in Real-World Search Engines

This session will teach attendees how to deal with the challenges arising from billions of rows within MariaDB. We will cover performance, availability, and security challenges as well as provide real-world, scalable solutions.

Are We Ready for Self-Driving Databases?

Self-driving databases are already here, but most people don't understand what that really means yet. Where does automation and AI truly work today, and where human expertise is still critical? And finally, are we ready for self-driving databases?

Building a Clean Database Architecture

This talk will walk developers through how to build a clean database architecture for any use case and thus, it will be useful for both developers and DBAs.

Leveraging Stolen Data for Privacy and Intelligence

Join me as I explore how your data is stolen, explain why and how exactly it ends up being sold on dark web forums, and walk you through real-life stories involving stolen data that make you shudder.

Parsing Billions of Rows: Why, When, How?

Not all developers build the same kind of applications. And, indeed, some of us end up working with tens of billions of rows of data that, most of the time, needs to be parsed to fully adhere to our needs. How best to parse this data? Learn here.