To the unfamiliar, building with open source tools may seem like the kind of chaos that leads to Boaty McBoatface-like decisions.

Andrew Lamb, staff engineer at InfluxData and PMC for the Apache DataFusion project, provides insight from a developer and a PMC perspective about what it's like to build with, and manage a major open source project.

InfluxData recently rebuilt its core database using Apache projects: Flight, DataFusion, Arrow, and Parquet, dubbed the FDAP stack.

Lamb discusses how the open source process differs from the traditional model of developing enterprise software, the advantages open source provides, InfluxData's up-stream contributions to Apache projects, and how common open source software is in our daily lives.

Resources:
For more information on the FDAP stack, visit https://www.influxdata.com/blog/flight-datafusion-arrow-parquet-fdap-architecture-influxdb/
InfluxData: https://www.influxdata.com/
InfluxDB Slack Community: http://influxdata.com/slack
InfluxDB Forum: https://community.influxdata.com
InfluxDB Docs: https://docs.influxdata.com
InfluxDB University: https://university.influxdata.com

0:00 Intro

0:24 What is the Apache Software Foundation?

1:06 Emphasis on open communication

1:24 Shifting from classic development to open source (It's not just Boaty McBoatface)

2:31 InfluxData commitment to and relationship with open source

2:53 Advantage of using Apache open source projects to build InfluxDB 3.0

3:40 Getting started with Apache Arrow. Available libraries and contributing to the Rust library

4:16 Helping to mature Apache Arrow, DataFusion, and Parquet implementations in Rust

4:51 Prevalence of open source powering our daily lives

5:19 Open source prevents the need to 'reinvent the wheel'

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