Category: Contributions
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MariaDB Bangalore Hackathon: Ideation Phase Closing
The final days are here for the Foundation’s first large-scale hackathon, the MariaDB Python Hackathon we’re organising in partnership with BangPypers (the Bangalore Python Meetup, a group with about 14,000 members) and HackerEarth (a Hackathon organiser). Do come with your final submissions of ideas at mariadb-python.hackerearth.com within the next two days – in October, it’s development time!
The magnitude is new for MariaDB Foundation
Already, we’re quite proud of the results. Last Wednesday, I reported to the MariaDB Foundation Board […]
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The Onion framework – a new approach to Buildbot configuration
A framework that doesn’t make you cry.
Stay tuned to learn how you can get involved and contribute to the project!
If you don’t known what Buildbot is and what benefits it brings to MariaDB please check out this this quick introduction.
🤔 Just, why?
Over the years, the Buildbot project within MariaDB has undergone numerous transformations, constantly shaped by the requirements it needed to meet.
When I joined MariaDB in 2024, I was initially a bit overwhelmed by the […]
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This Month in MariaDB Foundation: August 2025
August may have been a holiday month for many, but the MariaDB community certainly didn’t take a break. From Amsterdam to Bengaluru, from deep technical dives to festive dinners, August brought us fresh insights, new collaborations, and plenty of reasons to be excited about the road ahead.
Community Interaction at Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit in Amsterdam
MariaDB Foundation proudly joined the Open Source Summit in Amsterdam, hosted by the Linux Foundation (LF OSS). Alongside me, Vlad Radu represented the […]
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🚀 Build the Future with Python & MariaDB – Win $10,000 and Dinner with the MySQL & MariaDB Founder!
Imagine hacking your way to $10,000 in prizes (sponsored by MariaDB plc) – and topping it off with an exclusive dinner in Finland with Monty Widenius, the legendary creator of MySQL and MariaDB. Sounds unreal? That’s exactly what’s at stake in the upcoming MariaDB-Python Hackathon.
Why Join?
This isn’t just another hackathon. It’s your chance to:
The Challenge
Two tracks, endless possibilities:
Why Now?
MariaDB has always been about empowering developers. With Python as the glue for AI, data, and […]
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Deep dive into Clang sanitizer testing with MariaDB (Post Event)
Earlier I posted that this presentation was about to happen, and it did! I presented to a keen audience of over 20 people live, and number who watched later (it was in a rather early US time, however attracted a number of attendees from Europe, India, Thailand all the way to east of Australia at UTC+10:30.
Below is the video, and the slide outline is available.
The journey to this presentation began as a request to update our Clang version […]
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Bringing Oracle’s Associative Arrays to MariaDB
One of the standout features of Oracle PL/SQL is the associative array — a versatile and efficient in-memory data structure that developers rely on for fast temporary lookups, streamlined batch processing, and dynamic report generation.
With the MariaDB 12.1 preview release, we’re excited to announce that associative arrays have landed in MariaDB as part of our growing set of Oracle compatibility features. This milestone, tracked under MDEV-34319, brings Oracle-style associative arrays into the MariaDB procedural language — complete with native […]
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Model Context Protocol – MCP is the winner of the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon integration track
We recently announced the winners of the MariaDB AI RAG hackathon that we organized together with the Helsinki Python meetup group. Let’s deep dive into the integration track winner. David Ramos chose to contribute a MariaDB integration for MCP Server. MariaDB plc was impressed by the results and has picked it up for further development with more features.
David, tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the Hackathon?
I am an aspiring Data Scientist from Colombia. I […]
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Helsinki Python Hackathon – a role model for future MariaDB hackathons!
One of the most fun and rewarding activities the past two-three months has been working with the participants in the Helsinki Python hackathon on MariaDB Vector. Robert already blogged about the outcome and the award winners. Let me reflect a bit more on the entire process, as it has inspired us to do more of the same: Scaling out from Finland to other hackathons.
The goal: MariaDB Vector contributions
Our goal was to solicit contributions related to MariaDB Vector, but […]