Balalaika Meetup With Local Community in Ulyanovsk

Speakers:  Peter Zaitsev

On November 15th, Percona organized a meetup with the local community in Ulyanovsk (Russia). From Percona, there were Peter Zaitsev (CEO), Maria Azizova (Staff Executive), and Aleksandra Abramova (Community Specialist). They had a chance to meet engineers from different IT companies who live nearby.

The event took place in an interesting location. It was a private Balalaika’s Museum. It is a Russian national musical instrument. If you wonder how it sounds like, there are some examples on YouTube like this one. Participants took beautiful pictures with collectible pieces and grab some Percona swag (stickers, cord organizers, and badges).

Engineers discussed with Peter databases, Kubernetes as a modern trend and when you need to use it, pg_stat_monitor and other interesting themes.

Balalaika Meetup With Local Community in Ulyanovsk
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Speakers

Peter Zaitsev

Co‑founder of Percona

Co‑founder of Percona and one of the foremost experts on MySQL strategy and optimization. Peter leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two‑person shop to one of the most respected open source companies in the business. A serial entrepreneur, he co‑founded his first startup while attending Moscow State University where he majored in Computer Science. He is a co‑author of High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. Peter frequently speaks as an expert lecturer at open source database conferences and has contributed articles to outlets such as Fortune and DZone.

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