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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\u2019s episode, Patrick shares his philosophy on developer advocacy and experience in open-source.

In this episode we discuss:

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• Behind the NoSQL explosion that made Cassandra the darling of the valley
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• Comparing different eras of commercializing open-source, then and now
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• How Patrick became a pioneer in evangelizing and community-building
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• The two kinds of people to recruit for developer relations
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• Why Patrick says open-source is going to \u201cstart eating clouds\u201d
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Links:

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• Apache Cassandra
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• Datastax
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• Datastax Astra
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People mentioned:

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• Avinash Lakshman (@HedvigEng)
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• Prashant Malik (@pmalik)
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• Adrian Cawcroft (@adrianco)
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• Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower)
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Other episodes:

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• Chef with Adam Jacob
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