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Ensuring Cassandra Operational Excellence at Netflix by Cheng Wang and Joshua Lopes

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 6d

Ever wonder what it takes to power your Netflix binge-watch, from signing in to searching for a new show? Behind the scenes, a massive Apache Cassandra deployment is handling over 30 million requests…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRzB...

Ever wonder what it takes to power your Netflix binge-watch, from signing in to searching for a new show? Behind the scenes, a massive Apache Cassandra deployment is handling over 30 million requests…

Running Apache Cassandra in Kubernetes hands on with K8ssandra Alexander Dejanovski and Michael Bu

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 11d

Ready to bridge the gap between the world's most powerful NoSQL database and the king of container orchestration? In this hands-on session: Running Apache Cassandra in Kubernetes hands on with K8ssandra Alexander Dejanovski and Michael Burman

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYQM...

Ready to bridge the gap between the world's most powerful NoSQL database and the king of container orchestration? In this hands-on session from Community Over Code 2025, Alexander Dejanovski and…

Imagining the next 10 years of Cassandra by Patrick McFadin

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 13d

What does the next decade hold for Apache Cassandra? 🚀
Get ready to look beyond the horizon in this visionary and thought-provoking talk by Cassandra PMC member Patrick McFadin.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIh9...

What does the next decade hold for Apache Cassandra? 🚀 Get ready to look beyond the horizon in this visionary and thought-provoking talk by Cassandra PMC member Patrick McFadin. In a world trending…

The Road Ahead Next steps for Cassandra Sidecar post v0 1 by Saranya Krishnakumar and Francisco Guer

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

If you would like to hear more about the Sidecar from Saranya then checkout these talks
1) The Road Ahead Next steps for Cassandra Sidecar post v0 - youtu.be/Hcjkm9WRqks
2) The Road to Cassandra Sidecar's 1.0 Milestone - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chfe...

Struggling with the operational complexity of Apache Cassandra? Tired of building and maintaining bespoke scripts and internal tools just to manage your clusters? 🤔 Enter Cassandra Sidecar: the…

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The Road Ahead Next steps for Cassandra Sidecar post v0 1 by Saranya Krishnakumar and Francisco Guer

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

We are very glad to announce that Saranya Krishnakumar has become a subproject committer !

Saranya has been actively contributing to the sidecar subproject, and across the project with many different people.

Struggling with the operational complexity of Apache Cassandra? Tired of building and maintaining bespoke scripts and internal tools just to manage your clusters? 🤔 Enter Cassandra Sidecar: the…

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

We are very glad to announce that Jyothsna Konisa has accepted our invitation to become a committer !

Jyothsna has been contributing to C* for >3 years now, contributed the mTLS feature (CEP-34) & is making progress on CEP-44 (Kafka integration for CDC using Sidecar), as well as other contributions

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

The PMC as a whole is the entity that oversees and leads the project and any PMC member can be approached as a representative of the committee. A list of Apache Cassandra PMC members can be found on: cassandra.apache.org/_/community....

Apache Cassandra | Apache Cassandra Documentation

The Cassandra community includes people from around the globe who are developing and using the open source NoSQL database the world relies on. We welcome and encourage participation by everyone.

cassandra.apache.org

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

The chair is an administrative position that interfaces with the Apache Software Foundation Board, by submitting regular reports about project status and health. Read more about the PMC chair role on Apache projects: www.apache.org/foundation/h...

How the ASF works | Apache Software Foundations

Introducing The ASF’s New Logo Learn More

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Contributing to Cassandra Journeys from Newcomer to PMC

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 15d

We are happy to announce Ekaterina Dimitrova as the next PMC Chair for our community!

Ekaterina has been part of our community for many years and has been a great champion of our community.

She takes over from Dinesh Joshi, whom we thank for all his service the past year.

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 18d

Ever wondered how to go from a casual user to a core contributor in a world-class open-source project like Apache Cassandra? Watch this engaging panel discussion: Contributing to Cassandra Journeys from Newcomer to PMC

www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6D1...

Ever wondered how to go from a casual user to a core contributor in a world-class open-source project like Apache Cassandra? This engaging panel discussion from Community Over Code 2025 demystifies…

Cassandra New York Metro Area User Group · Luma

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 19d

Calling New York!
Check out the location! And the free swag!

"Cassandra New York Metro Area User Group"
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5 - 5:45: Pizza / Beer 5:45 - 6:15: Future of Cassandra® based GenAI with IBM watsonx 6:15 - 7:00: ACID Transactions with Apache Cassandra - Aaron Ploetz 7:00…

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What's New in CEP 45 Mutation Tracking and Reconciliation by Abe Ratnofsky

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 20d

Are your Cassandra repairs slow, expensive, and complex? What if you could achieve data consistency faster, more efficiently, and in real-time? 🚀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9_r...

Are your Cassandra repairs slow, expensive, and complex? What if you could achieve data consistency faster, more efficiently, and in real-time? 🚀 In this fantastic talk from Community Over Code…

Auto Repair in Apache Cassandra by Andy Tolbert, Jaydeepkumar Chovatia

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 21d

Are you tired of the operational headaches that come with manually repairing your Apache Cassandra cluster? Dive into the future of Cassandra maintenance with Auto Repair in Apache Cassandra, by Andy Tolbert, Jaydeepkumar Chovatia

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLc...

Are you tired of the operational headaches that come with manually repairing your Apache Cassandra cluster? Dive into the future of Cassandra maintenance with this deep-dive session from Community…

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 24d

Vote passes to include CEP-54 🥳
ZSTD with Dictionary SSTable Compression

Adding dictionary support to ZSTD can further improve both metrics, yielding 3–4x improvements in certain workloads.

cwiki.apache.org/confluence/d...

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · Sep 11

Join us at Community over Code's Cassandra Track, Sun Sept 14th for

Efficient export with Cassandra Analytics
Serban Teodorescu

www.communityovercode.org– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 11-14

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Serban Teodorescu presenting
Efficient export with Cassandra Analytics

www.communityovercode.org – Minneapolis

Serban Teodorescu presenting – How it started

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 27d

Join us at Community over Code's Cassandra Track, Sun Sept 14th for

Life is better, Since we choose right keys for Cassandra Home
Gokul Prabagaren

www.communityovercode.org– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 11-14

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Gokul Prabagaren from CapitalOne presenting
Life is better, since we choose right keys for Cassandra Home

www.communityovercode.org – Minneapolis

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · Sep 11

Join us at Community over Code's Cassandra Track, Sun Sept 14th for

Handling Large Blobs in Apache Cassandra CDC with Kafka and Object Storage Integration
Bernardo Botella Corbi (Apple), Cassandra Committer

www.communityovercode.org– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 11-14

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Bernardo Botella Corbi presenting
Handling Large Blobs in Apache Cassandra CDC with Kafka and Object

www.communityovercode.org – Minneapolis

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Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · 26d

Apache Cassandra® @cassandra.apache.org · Sep 11

Join us at Community over Code's Cassandra Track, Sun Sept 14th for

Cassandra as a Cloud-Native System of Record: Unlocking the Big Data Ecosystem with Modular APIs
Josh McKenzie (Apple), Cassandra Committer and PMC member

www.communityovercode.org– Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, September 11-14