Matt Asay
Contributor
Matt Asay runs evangelism at MongoDB. Previously. Asay was a Principal at Amazon Web Services and Head of Developer Ecosystem for Adobe. Prior to Adobe, Asay held a range of roles at open source companies: VP of business development, marketing, and community at MongoDB; VP of business development at real-time analytics company Nodeable (acquired by Appcelerator); VP of business development and interim CEO at mobile HTML5 start-up Strobe (acquired by Facebook); COO at Canonical, the Ubuntu Linux company; and head of the Americas at Alfresco, a content management startup. Asay is an emeritus board member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and holds a J.D. from Stanford, where he focused on open source and other IP licensing issues.
Excel, Python, and the future of data science
If the ubiquitous spreadsheet program is the gateway to data science, Python aims to be the next step.
Snowflake pushes back at… whom?
Making great efforts to tout its closed source software, Snowflake may be trying to convince an audience that doesn't really care.
Open source’s diversity problem
It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in tech, especially open source, but their contributions speak for themselves.
You’re thinking about Kubernetes all wrong
Try using Kubernetes like an app server for smaller teams instead of treating it like a centralized cloud.
Cloud and digital transformation gain speed
Leading companies that jumped in early are reaping the rewards, but it’s not too late for lagging organizations. Find the people and partners to help you move ahead.
Tapping into the smartest software developers
Both the single-stack architecture and the best-of-breed approaches can limit you. Open source and building in the capability for change are key.
Python is devouring data science
Someone once said that Python’s data science training wheels would increasingly lead to the R language. Boy, was he wrong.
What the heck does the Google vs. Oracle decision mean?
Few of the Supreme Court Justices seemed to understand what an API is or does, but their decision was a victory shout for software developers of all kinds, including open source developers.
The pesky reality of multicloud
The commodity services that would allow workloads to run seamlessly across multiple clouds simply don’t exist. But that hasn’t stopped the multiclouders from trying.
Artillery: Finding open source success between dev and ops
For Artillery’s creator, the key to the popularity of the open source load testing tool is a focus on the needs of both developers and operations. Early bets on Node.js and YAML didn’t hurt.
Authorization is the next big technical challenge
Oso’s CEO says authorization will be the next layer of software to be abstracted and made less onerous for developers. If you ask developers, it can’t happen soon enough.
Forget databases. You need a data platform
We need one platform to ‘process, store, secure, and analyze data in real-time, across all the relevant data sets,’ says MongoDB’s CTO. But not a data warehouse and not a data lake.
You can’t escape Pulumi and other IaC tools
Allowing developers to call APIs across dozens of cloud and SaaS providers in the language of their choice, Pulumi promises to help enterprises embrace increasingly complex cloud deployment models with confidence.
OpenStreetMap just turned 100 million
The open mapping data project is a colossal success story, but faces some hurdles. Here’s how you can help.
The real value of open source in the cloud
It’s a mistake to believe that running open source in the cloud will protect you from vendor lock-in. But open source certainly offers freedom and independence to developers.
Boosting science and engineering in the cloud
Cloud computing was like rocket fuel for software developers, lifting dev teams to new heights of productivity and innovation. Scientists and engineers are the next in line.
The shifting market for PostgreSQL
Decades into what should have been PostgreSQL’s dotage, developers keep reimagining what it can be.
We need a new way to think about open source
Open source companies and cloud providers are at war over who gets to profit from open source software. To help resolve that problem, we just might need new licensing.
Who gets credit for open source success?
Like so many winning projects, Weaveworks’ Cortex is the result of a long and winding chain of open source inspiration and innovation.
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