Open Source Adoption, DevRel, and FOSS: Learning from Apache Cassandra - EP. 26 HOSB Podcast
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Description:
Patrick McFadin, VP of Developer Relations at DataStax and Chief Evangelist for Apache Cassandra, joins the Hacking Open Source Business Podcast on Episode 26 to deep dive into open source.Thumbnail:


Transcription ⌗
In this episode:
- His time working in open source database community, including Apache Cassandra’s journey and upcoming developments.
- The role of evangelism and contributors in driving adoption and getting people to try your project.
- The challenges and mistakes companies make when commercializing open source, with lessons he has learned from his time in the database community.
- How new features are chosen based on his experience with Cassandra highlighting features such as transactions and open-source tool Guardrails?
- Does open source innovation slow down as products mature?
- What is cloud-native anyways? And what does it mean in the database context?
- Building a diverse and gloabl team by building trust.
- DevRel Best practices includeing, how do you measuring DevRel success.