InfluxDB 2.0 Alpha 14 introduces the Multi-Data Source Flux, a significant development that enables combining time series data with various different data sources, addressing the issue of relying on developers to shape and crunch data from multiple stores. This feature is essential for general-purpose data analytics and visualization tools that often struggle to merge data from different data stores. The introduction of SQL.from() allows developers to pull data from MySQL and Postgres, but the team plans to expand this functionality to other data sources, including SQLite, MS SQL Server, Google Cloud Compute partners, and BigQuery. This move aims to provide a unified language for analyzing data across multiple data stores, empowering every query and visualization tool to bring together related datasets and generate insights.