Keynote: Apache CouchDB: A Tale of Community, Cooperation and Code

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Project history begins in 2008 when Damian Katz donates code to Apache and IBM hires him, a Cloudant-based cloud service launches in late 2009, and CouchDB 1.0 ships in 2010; a data loss bug fixed in a 24/7 coding session leads to 1.1 released a week later. The project weathers a company merger and founder departure, drafts a code of conduct in 2012–2013, survives an acquisition, and endures five years between major releases while contributing to Apache Spark, OpenWhisk and IBM’s Watson platform.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 2:561 0 Release
3. 4:04What Does this Mean for Couchdb
4. 7:44Code of Conduct
5. 10:30Recap

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