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CloudWorld 2021

I am taking three months off from public speaking to recharge my batteries and work on new content, but I will back on stage next February at CloudWorld 2021 to talk about cost optimization on AWS with a special focus on storage and data. This is a new topic I never covered before but that I am really passionate about. The title and abstract of my session at DeveloperWeek are below.

Learn how to manage better your costs on AWS, make your bill less scary or your credits last longer

Should you really always run your cluster in multiple availability zones? How can a transition rule to Glacier double your storage costs? I want to monitor and understand my data transfer costs, where should I start? Why are backups eating my database budget? What, one more storage class on S3? Following so-called “best practices” works only when you fully understand the implications, costs included. We will address a few cloud anti-patterns, making your bill smaller and your deployment better.

Looking forward to one more virtual conference in 2021!

Autumn speaking engagements

In the next two months I am going to attend as a speaker six virtual events, with three different talks and different audiences. Some events are free, some are not. Details and registration links or discount codes below, all talks are in English.

Hope to (virtually) meet you soon!

Percona Live Online 2020

“Serverless Databases: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” is the topic of my talk at Percona Live Online. After a lightning talk at Percona Live Europe in Dublin and a few posts for the Percona Community Blog, I am looking forward to be (virtually) on stage at Percona Live Online!

The conference will run for 28 hours on 20-21 October 2020 and will cover topics on Open Source Databases and Applications using MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and MariaDB. You can find the full agenda online and register for free.

A blog preview of my talk is available on the Open Source Database Community Blog

Hey, where is my country?

Straight from my living room, the video of my talk at Dev Around the Sun last month.

What looks like a simple choice in a drop-down list, can turn into a PR nightmare. Integrating an external mapping service can unintentionally make many of your users unhappy. How can software developers and startups manage location-based services in disputed territories or partially recognized state?

How can you make all your users happy? A few tips and tricks for the developer who targets an international audience but wants to rely on location data to control new features.