Listen "Apache Cassandra with Patrick McFadin"
Episode Synopsis
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)
Other episodes:
Chef with Adam Jacob
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)
Other episodes:
Chef with Adam Jacob
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