Category Archives: Conferences/Events
Last week we announced the winners of the MariaDB AI RAG hackathon that we organized together with the Helsinki Python meetup group. Now is time to go for a deep dive into the innovation track winner. Dymtro Abramov put together an end to end RAG application for making technical meetup videos searchable with semantic relevance (based on their caption texts). We were impressed by the idea and the implementation that is definitely beyond just a proof of concept for AI RAG with MariaDB Vector.
Dmytro, tell us about yourself and why you decided to join the Hackathon?
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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 we didn’t have precise ideas about exactly what type of contributions or how we should arrange the hackathon.
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Continue reading “Helsinki Python Hackathon – a role model for future MariaDB hackathons!”
On Monday we had our final submission day for the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon. We got several high quality replies in both tracks: integration and innovation.
The quality was so high that we are keen to replicate this hackathon in other locations and are currently looking for cooperation partners. We are truly grateful to the Helsinki Python meetup group without which this would not have been possible. They have a great community, organise excellent events, and played a key role in making the hackathon happen.
We are now reviewing the submissions together with the Helsinki Python meetup group.
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Continue reading “Impressive Submissions at the MariaDB AI RAG Hackathon”
We at MariaDB Foundation are thrilled to see Amazon at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence to open source contributions — with MariaDB as their pilot.
At the May 6th MariaDB meetup in Bremen, Bardia Hassanzadeh, PhD, presented the Upstream Pilot tool: an AI-based assistant designed to help developers identify, analyze, and resolve open issues in MariaDB more effectively.
This initiative is the most promising we’ve seen for improving the open source contribution process. Bardia and Hugo Wen of Amazon gave us a preview last week and we were already very impressed.
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Continue reading “Amazon’s AI-agents for MariaDB Contributions”
I had the delight of being accepted to talk about “Making AI transparent with RAG on your own data” at foss-north 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden. On April 14th at Chalmers University, I got to share with a full room on how AI RAG is done with MariaDB Vector, kicking off with a use case about scaling Wikipedia editing with GenAI.
Improving Wikipedia with RAG
I presented a use case example from my experience of editing Wikipedia at scale with GenAI for non-profit Projekt Fredrika.
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MariaDB uses Clang’s memory, address, and undefined behavior sanitizers are used for identify coding flaws during the continuous development and testing process. MariaDB would like to share via an online event on how easy perform the same sanitizer checking.
The MemorySanitizer environment is particularly onerous to create. Because MariaDB use container based build and testing, we have an environment that can be re-used by anyone.
Our “Deep Dives” were once an internal skills transfer mechanism, however for the first time we’re making it available for anyone to join.
This particular deep dive will cover:
- Basics of MemorySanitizer, Address Santizer and Undefined Behavour Sanitizer;
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Continue reading “Deep dive into Clang sanitizer testing with MariaDB”
This past Friday was reserved for our very own cozy event in Bucharest, planned by the romanian squad of the MariaDB Foundation. With an audience ranging from students just starting out on their journey up to seniors with experience in multiple database servers and AI, lots of interesting talks took place. We were glad to meet the Head of Domains and IT Technology of our gold sponsor, IONOS.
Although not his first visit in Romania, Monty’s attendance was a welcome sight, even bringing in people from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom.
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Exactly one month ago, I found myself stepping into the role of CEO at MariaDB Foundation. It was a bit like being handed the keys to a beloved old ship and being told, “Don’t worry, it mostly steers itself… unless there’s a storm. Or a kraken. Or a GitHub issue.”
As someone whose surname gives away a bit of context, it’s both an honor and a deeply personal journey to be entrusted with stewarding this next chapter. I used to say that I have done my bit for the project by adding “Maria” to “MariaDB”, but what do you know it turns out – there is a lot more out there for me to do!!!
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Continue reading “The Accidental Queen of the Database Dominion – Month one”