Focusing on the Developer and Partnering with the Linux Foundation Helps..
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Delta Lake reports 1.7 exabytes processed per day, 7,000 customers in production and a 663% jump in contributor strength after open sourcing; monthly releases include Delta 1.0, Delta Sharing and Delta Rust with community PR bursts (Trino contributed ~36–40 PRs for one release). Community growth combines technical stewardship and marketing using LFX Insights, Bevy, Common Room and Sprout Social to track commits, churn, events and a LinkedIn audience of ~20,000 followers.
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chapters (21)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:35What is Delta Lake
- 3:22Origins of Delta Lake
- 4:25Thriving open source community
- 5:26Developers at the heart
- 6:28Why contribute to open source
- 7:10Communication in open source
- 7:52Time zone collaboration
- 8:34Technical stewardship and mentorship
- 9:34GitHub as career boost
- 10:37Branding for community growth
- 12:00New contributors spotlight
- 13:45Long-term community ties
- 14:07Introducing contributors
- 17:43Linux Foundation’s role
- 18:46Tracking community activity
- 20:10Engagement strategies
- 21:34Developer-marketing collaboration
- 22:55Partnering with Linux Foundation
- 24:41Tracking releases and contributions
- 25:25Q&A
