Eric Anderson (@ericmander) and Patrick McFadin (@PatrickMcFadin) delve into the history of Apache Cassandra, the open-source NoSQL database born and bred around cloud over a decade ago. Patrick is the VP of Developer Relations at DataStax, and a member of the Cassandra Project Management Committee. On today’s episode, Patrick shares his philosophy on developer advocacy and experience in open-source.
In this episode we discuss:
- Behind the NoSQL explosion that made Cassandra the darling of the valley
- Comparing different eras of commercializing open-source, then and now
- How Patrick became a pioneer in evangelizing and community-building
- The two kinds of people to recruit for developer relations
- Why Patrick says open-source is going to “start eating clouds”
Links:
- Apache Cassandra
- Datastax
- Datastax Astra
People mentioned:
- Avinash Lakshman (@HedvigEng)
- Prashant Malik (@pmalik)
- Adrian Cawcroft (@adrianco)
- Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower)
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