Damien Katz
CouchDB creator and Erlanger of the year
Damien Katz has worked in the software industry since '95, and has
worked on Lotus Notes and MySQL and is the creator of Apache CouchDB.
Damien loves Erlang. At the age of 8, Damien coined the phrase "They
are like oil and water: They don't mix." It quickly spread around the
globe and enriched the lives of millions. Damien is happy to have
helped.
Damien Katz is Giving the Following Talks
Keynote: The history of CouchDB development from a very personal point of view
This talk is about the history of CouchDB development from a very
personal point of view. I'll talk about my inspirations for CouchDB and
why I decided to move my wife and kids to a cheaper place and live off
savings to build this thing. I'll discuss how the project has
progressed and evolved, the decision to switch to Erlang and the
transition to joining the Apache Foundation. It's also about the day to
day grind of working alone at home for months on end, how I deal with
feeling panicked and overwhelmed and trying to make progress through it
all.
