What programming languages do your applications that communicate with MariaDB use?

MariaDB Foundation polls are an informal way to get feedback from our community. They’ve always been a bit hidden, but the most recent poll sat on the mariadb.org front page for a while, and got a healthy 5,225 votes.

It asked “What programming languages do your applications that communicate with MariaDB use?”, and here are the results:

Python 30%
PHP 30%
Java 19%
NodeJS 16%
C# 15%
C/C++ 11%
Bash/Shell/Powershell 7%
Other 7%
TypeScript 6%
Go 6%
Rust 4%
R 3%
Ruby 2%

How do we use these results?

MariaDB 11.0.3, 10.11.5, 10.10.6, 10.9.8, 10.6.15, 10.5.22, 10.4.31 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.11.5, MariaDB 10.6.15, MariaDB 10.5.22 and MariaDB 10.4.31, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (maintained for five years from their first stable release dates), as well as MariaDB 11.0.3, MariaDB 10.10.6 and MariaDB 10.9.8, the latest stable releases in their respective short-term series (maintained for one year).

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Help us redesign the mariadb.org website

We are currently redesigning the mariadb.org website and you are invited to participate in this process. The interactive study shouldn’t take longer than 10 to 15 minutes to complete and will close at midnight on Thursday 20 July 2023 (UTC-8).

Access the study here: (no registration or login is required)

The activity involves a method called Card Sorting, which will influence how we design the information architecture of the website: its structure, navigation and the findability of content and functionality. Your inclusion in this effort is important and will help to inform and assist us in designing an intuitive, usable and effective future website.

MariaDB 11.2.0 preview release available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.2.0, a preview release in the MariaDB 11.2 series. MariaDB 11.2 is a short-term release and will be maintained for one year after its G.A (stable) release.

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MariaDB 10.11.4, 10.10.5, 10.9.7, 10.6.14, 10.5.21, 10.4.30 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.11.4, MariaDB 10.6.14, MariaDB 10.5.21 and MariaDB 10.4.30, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (maintained for five years from their first GA release dates), as well as MariaDB 10.10.5 and MariaDB 10.9.7, the latest Generally Available releases in their respective short-term series (maintained for one year).

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MariaDB 11.1.1, 11.0.2 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.1.1, the first Release Candidate in the MariaDB 11.1 series, and MariaDB 11.0.2, the first stable release in the MariaDB 11.0 series. Both are short-term releases and will be maintained for one year after their respective G.A (stable) releases.

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CloudFest 2023 review

MariaDB Foundation’s CEO Kaj Arnö chatted to MariaDB Foundation CRO (as well as chairman of the CloudFest advisory board) Soeren von Varchmin about the the successful CloudFest 2023, which took place in Germany, from 21 to 23 March. View the videos Part 1 and Part 2.

CloudFest takes place at Europa Park, Europe’s largest amusement park, and this year saw over 8000 people with more than 90 countries. Unlike the similarly-sized FOSDEM, which focuses on open source developers, CloudFest attract cloud service providers, hosting companies, IT departments etc, as also has a particular focus on WordPress (MariaDB participated in the hackathon).

MariaDB 10.11.3, 10.10.4, 10.9.6, 10.8.8, 10.6.13, 10.5.20, 10.4.29 and 10.3.39 now available

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.11.3, MariaDB 10.6.13, MariaDB 10.5.20, MariaDB 10.4.29 and MariaDB 10.3.39, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (maintained for five years from their first GA release dates), as well as MariaDB 10.10.4, MariaDB 10.9.6 and MariaDB 10.8.8, the latest Generally Available releases in their respective short-term series (maintained for one year).

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