Eric Anderson (<a href="https://twitter.com/ericmander">@ericmander</a>) and Patrick McFadin (<a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickMcFadin">@PatrickMcFadin</a>) 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:
<ul>
 <li>Behind the NoSQL explosion that made Cassandra the darling of the valley</li>
 <li>Comparing different eras of commercializing open-source, then and now</li>
 <li>How Patrick became a pioneer in evangelizing and community-building</li>
 <li>The two kinds of people to recruit for developer relations</li>
 <li>Why Patrick says open-source is going to “start eating clouds”</li>
</ul>
Links:
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 <li><a href="https://cassandra.apache.org/">Apache Cassandra</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://www.datastax.com/">Datastax</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://astra.datastax.com/register">Datastax Astra</a></li>
</ul>
People mentioned:
<ul>
 <li>Avinash Lakshman (<a href="https://twitter.com/hedvigeng?lang=en">@HedvigEng</a>)</li>
 <li>Prashant Malik (<a href="https://twitter.com/pmalik?lang=en">@pmalik</a>)</li>
 <li>Adrian Cawcroft (<a href="https://twitter.com/adrianco?lang=en">@adrianco</a>)</li>
 <li>Kelsey Hightower (<a href="https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower">@kelseyhightower</a>)</li>
</ul>
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</a></li>
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