Blog
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Four reasons to visit MariaDB Day in Brussels
Still unsure about attending the MariaDB Day in Brussels on Saturday? Here are four reasons to turn up at our FOSDEM Fringe event.
1. Discover blazingly fast Vector search
Learn how to power your latest AI app with MariaDB Vector. Mark Callaghan has been testing its performance and the results are amazingly fast compared to Postgres’ pgvector. Check out part 1, part 2 and part 3 of his blog.
2. Meet the people behind MariaDB
At MariaDB Day you will […]
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MariaDB Contribution Statistics, January 2025
Here comes the Q4 2024 contributions report. The raw data which contains also statistics until today can be found on GitHub, here.
Server contributions
Just like last quarter, I’m going to start with a breakdown of all the organisations who have contributed to MariaDB Server during 2024.
We can see some new names compared to the Q3 2024 report, with contributions from CloudLinux, NetBSD and Workato.
And now, compared to last year, we can see a uptick in number of […]
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Register for MariaDB Day Sessions 1 Feb 2025
Time to sign up! The schedule is out for our first 2025 MariaDB Day, in Brussels 1 Feb 2025.
And what a schedule it is, with insightful presentations by top-brass presenters.
The latest new features
First of all, this is the opportunity to get the big picture of the latest new features in MariaDB.
AI, LLM, and Vectors
Second, this is the place to get the latest on AI, LLM and vectors in MariaDB
Contributions to code
Third, contributions are […]
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On the results from the replication poll
Here are the results of a recent poll on LinkedIn and mariadb.org about the popularity of a few of the major replication features (I aggregated the results from the two sites):
What is your favorite MariaDB replication feature?
I want to share some reasons why the poll results match my own thoughts on the relative importance of these features:
1. Parallel replication
Parallel replication brings a much needed performance boost to replication. This is not only useful for the big […]
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MariaDB highlights in 2024: Vectors, K1, and contributions
New Year’s Eve is when everyone takes stock of the year that has passed. At MariaDB Foundation, we’re no different.
The technical highlight: MariaDB Vector
It’s not hard to pick the technical MariaDB highlight of the year: It’s MariaDB Vector.
No big surprise there: The biggest new thing in IT is AI. AI is getting mainstream. Mainstream applications need databases. Databases need stability, performance, ease of use. And low cost.
The solution: MariaDB Server. It’s relational. It’s standard. It’s Open […]
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What we’ve developed in 2024
As Chief Development Officer of the MariaDB Foundation, I’ve worked to ensure that our development efforts focus where they matter most. On this final day of 2024, I want to reflect on the significant technical achievements we’ve accomplished and the collaborative processes that made them possible.
Our work this year has been driven by the goal of building a stronger, more engaged MariaDB community. By sharing our progress and learnings, I hope to provide insights that may inspire and support […]
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What do you expect from vector storage in databases?
We’re no mind readers, so from time to time, we like to do polls. Polls are quantitative in nature, so coming up with the right question is not enough – we need to do a bit of mind reading in coming up with the alternatives.
Quick development of text based RAG apps
Our hypothesis was that RAG is the cool thing to do with vector based databases, and specifically text based RAG. The conference talks we’ve given on MariaDB Vector […]
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IBM upgrading Gold to Platinum
Good news: IBM is upgrading their Gold sponsorship to Platinum!
Our trinity: Adoption, Openness, Continuity
The three pillars of MariaDB Foundation are Adoption, Openness, and Continuity.
Adoption means that we work towards MariaDB Server to be used everywhere, where you need databases. We think Open Source RDBMSes are the way to go, and we want you to choose MariaDB Server.
Openness means that we work towards making it easy for everyone to contribute towards making MariaDB Server the best Open […]