Apache Cassandra with Patrick McFadin

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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”

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Avinash Lakshman (@HedvigEng)
Prashant Malik (@pmalik)
Adrian Cawcroft (@adrianco)
Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower)

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