Hello Patrick, Count me in!
I would like to pick either - CQL Management API: Can we just celebrate the end of JMX hell potentially? Who can talk about this? Or - SAI enhancements were recently highlighted by Caleb on the ML. This isn't just a one-and-done feature, and its future is really cool. What would be your timeline for this? Option 2 sounds great to me! Cheers, Carlos ________________________________ From: Patrick McFadin <pmcfa...@gmail.com> Sent: 29 January 2025 19:48 To: dev <dev@cassandra.apache.org> Subject: Looking for Cassandra Forward topics and speakers EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION when clicking links or attachments Hi everyone, A couple of years ago, I organized a Cassandra Forward event to get people excited about the next version of Cassandra. It's time to ramp up the excitement about one of the more consequential releases of Cassandra: 5.1 or 6. Whatever we land on as a version will impact the community with the addition of ACID transactions. There is a lot more to talk about, so my plan is to create a nicely rounded menu of topics that showcase the velocity of our new features. Format: Online and prerecorded. Date: First week of March My main issue is needing speakers. Here's the topic list (please feel free to comment on this) - Accord: I can cover this like I have been. No need for a speaker there. - TCM: I think the most important thing nobody knows about with future Cassandra. - Sidecar (Spark jobs, Live migration) #2 on my list of "things you should know about Cassandra but don't." This project has been in the shadows too long and I think users will love it. - Cassandra and Kubernetes: Not especially new, but certainly ramping up. This would be great topic for an end user to discuss. Share the good and bad. - CQL Management API: Can we just celebrate the end of JMX hell potentially? Who can talk about this? SAI enhancements were recently highlighted by Caleb on the ML. This isn't just a one-and-done feature, and its future is really cool. This you? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANY OF THIS! Here are some options: - If you want to give a talk but don't want to deal with the logistics of recording, I can get you on Zoom and record it. - Don't have time to create the content for a talk? I can get you in a Zoom and do an interview style recording. 30-60 minutes of your time. - Can't get permission to talk? Let's find somebody who can give the talk, and then we can work together to ensure the content is right. - I will feed java files into ChatGPT about the feature you love and present it like a boss. I recommend choices 1-3. Thanks, everyone. I appreciate your time if you got this far. Patrick
