Kubecon Highlights & Percona Live Updates + Your Community March Update!
Welcome to the Pulse of Open Source. Percona’s monthly community newsletter gives you a front-row view of what’s ahead—spanning our open source innovations, evolving product lineup, and the vibrant database community we’re proud to champion.
Percona + Amsterdam = Kubecon Europe!
KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam was full of highlights! Percona was a proud Silver sponsor, and we loved our chance to be around so many friends and members of our open source community!
Percona Founder Peter Zaitsev delivered wise words on applying AI to query optimization and Principal Field Technologist, Michal Nosek, delivered a talk at our partner Chainguard’s booth, and Tech Evangelist Edith Puclla hosted Data on Kubernetes Day where experts shared insights on real-world data challenges in Kubernetes.
Raffle prizes, swag, networking, discussions, demos, and laughs were abundant at our booth and that’s thanks to all of you in the open source community!
Percona Live Speakers Announced!
We’re excited to announce that Andy Pavlo will be taking the stage as a keynote speaker at Percona Live! Get ready for sharp insights and forward-thinking perspectives from one of the leading voices in the database world.
Andy is joined by a wide range of open source speakers throughout the three day event and the agenda is packed with can’t-miss sessions designed to inspire and inform.
Check out all our Percona Live Speakers!
Haven’t registered yet? Well, good news, there’s still time to snag your spot at Percona Live and grab that $599 early bird pricing before it flies away.
Experts in the Field
Our Perconians have been busy in the wild. Find them at future events to get the latest and greatest in the open source community.
PGConf.De (April 21–22, Essen, Germany)
- Kai Wagner, Senior Software Engineering Manager
- Jan Wieremjewicz, Sr. Product Manager
- Zsolt Parragi, Software Engineer
- Takis Stathopoulos, Enterprise Architect
- Andreas Karlsson, Software Engineer
DevOpsDay (April 30–May 1, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Peter Zaitsev, Founder
PGConf.Dev (May 19–22, Vancouver, Canada)
Andreas Karlsson, Software Engineer
Tell Us What You’re Thinking
One of our big goals at Percona this year is to truly understand our community—users and contributors alike.
To get there, we are excited to launch our first community survey of the year.
This survey takes less than 2 minutes to complete and we’d love to hear your feedback as valuable members of the Percona Community!
Upcoming Events!
Percona is proud to sponsor these upcoming events. Come find us on the exhibit floors or interact with us around each event!
Find us at even more events around the world!
Featured Community Content
Take a look at Percona’s own Slava Sarzhan’s words about Percona’s MongoDB Operator.
Open Source Unplugged with Edith Puclla and Ivan Groenewold.
