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The Accidental Queen of the Database Dominion – Month one

Exactly one month ago, I found myself stepping into the role of CEO at MariaDB Foundation. It was a bit like being handed the keys to a beloved old ship and being told, “Don’t worry, it mostly steers itself… …

Last chance to apply to AI RAG Hackathon

The ideation phase of the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon is nearing its deadline on Monday (by end of March). 
We have several cool submissions so far. …

A Conversation with Michal Schorm: MariaDB in Red Hat and Fedora

In a recent conversation, I had the pleasure of speaking with Michal Schorm, the maintainer of MariaDB packages for Red Hat and Fedora – and newly elected Observer on the MariaDB Foundation Board. …

Give MariaDB Jira votes and comments

MariaDB has had a voting feature in its issue tracker Jira since the dawn of time, but it hasn’t got much active attention. Despite that, there are now many Jira community items that have collected a fair amount of votes over the years. …

One week left to join AI RAG Hackathon by Helsinki Python meetup (remote participation possible)

One week left to join the AI RAG Hackathon with MariaDB Vector and Python! 
Winners get to demo at the Helsinki Python meetup in May, receive merit and publicity from MariaDB Foundation and Open Ocean Capital, and prizes from Finnish verkkokauppa.com.  …