From Apache Cassandra to Serverless: Exploring Cloud-Native Databases

An airhacks.fm conversation with Jake Luciani (@tjake) about: from
Commodore 64 to cloud databases, early programming experiences with
Basic and Excel macros, studying cognitive science and its
influence on his career, transition to computer science, working at
Bell Labs on R language, developing open-source projects like Night
Rider MP3 player, creating a NoSQL database that led to involvement
with Cassandra, building search API on top of Cassandra, joining
datastax as an early employee, working on various aspects of
Cassandra including compaction and streaming, challenges of byte
buffer implementation, development of CQL (Cassandra Query
Language), transition from NoSQL to SQL-like interfaces, separation
of compute and storage in cloud databases, using S3 as the source
of truth for Astra DB, implementing a Java file system abstraction
for S3 integration, using etcd as a transactional cache for
metadata, offering multiple APIs including REST and CQL drivers for
astra DB, implementing JSON document storage and querying
capabilities, cross-AZ cost considerations in cloud deployments,
Java as a language for database development, future plans for jlama
(Java-based LLM inference engine), the importance of open-source in
cloud technologies, cost-driven architectures in cloud deployments,
serverless vs. traditional deployments trade-offs, integration of
AstraDB with cloud marketplaces and security considerations

Jake Luciani on twitter: @tjake