Percona Live Amsterdam Awaits + Your August Percona Community Update

Welcome to the Pulse of Open Source. Percona’s monthly community newsletter is your invitation to the open source table, bringing together the latest from Percona, what’s brewing across our products and projects, and the people, ideas, and conversations shaping the database community we’re proud to be part of.

It’s Time! Percona Live Amsterdam is Here

September 9–11, 2026, Mövenpick Hotel.

Act now for your last minute discount on Percona Live registration and join the open source celebration in Amsterdam!

Use promo code PERCONALIVEAMS20.

This walk through covers exporting Valkey metrics to Prometheus using redis_exporter, with a look at how BetterDB fits into the monitoring setup. Built for platform and SRE teams who need visibility into Valkey performance without building a custom exporter from scratch.

Americor’s DevOps director shares how Percona’s expert-led MySQL migration eliminated weekly database incidents, reduced risk, and freed his team to focus on proactive engineering work.

Join Michael Coburn and Pep Pla for a casual technical conversation between two friends as they share real-world stories from helping organizations improve database performance, reduce operational costs, and solve complex infrastructure challenges.

Come and find us all over the world!

Community Blog

Check out the latest and greatest blog posts from the Percona Community!

Building Useful Community Software with MongoDB Using AI Agents, by Daniil Bazhenov.

Hackorum Update: What’s New Since February, by Kai Wagner.

Percona Mountaineers Keep on Climbing!

The Percona community recognizes your community contributions and offers rewards as you climb from Basecamp to the summit.

Got a database problem you solved, a lesson learned in production, or an open source project you’re passionate about? The Percona Community Writers Program gives you a chance to share your experience with fellow engineers and developers—and get paid $350 for published posts, along with community points for Percona swag.

Pitch your idea to the Percona Community and add your voice to the conversation! Learn more and submit your pitch.