Category: Stories
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A GSoC internship with the MariaDB Foundation
Introduction
Hi, my name is Kartik Soneji, and I am a second year student at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College, Mumbai. I have been programming since the age of 13. I started out with Java, then learnt a little C++ before diving head first into web development with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I also programmed a bit in Python and Rust to see what all the hype was about.
My primary motivation to contribute to the open source community is because […]
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Join the Solstice Run Sat 20 June 2020
Runners and not-yet-runners: join colleagues and friends for the Summer Solstice Sakila Run 2020! This gives energy and emotional closeness in times of physical distancing.
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Congratulations on SkySQL, the DBaaS offering!
We congratulate MariaDB Corporation on their release of SkySQL, a DBaaS offering for MariaDB Server. A big step!
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Life after this
On Monday, I sent out an email to the staff of MariaDB Foundation. In the hope that my thinking is also applicable for someone else, here’s a slightly edited excerpt:
My email to our staff
For an unknown amount of time, we will live under exceptional circumstances. Yet, there will be life both during and after the Corona pandemic. With this email, I want to share my view on how Corona affects our organisation, on how we sustain life during […]
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Business As Unusual
MariaDB Foundation faces an unusual world, just like anyone else in these Corona times. Or perhaps, not quite. Here are some ideas for how to cope with a world inhibiting travel and social contact as we know it, from someone who has worked from home for 20 years, with colleagues also working from home.