New Blog Post Community Over Code (#909)

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+title: "Percona Joins Community Over Code 2024 in Bratislava, Slovakia"
+date: "2024-06-21T00:00:00+00:00"
+draft: false
+tags: ["community-over-code", "percona-everest", "kubernetes", "databases"]
+authors:
+  - edith_puclla
+images:
+  - blog/2024/06/coc-talk.png
+---
+
+Last week, I participated as a speaker for the first time at Community Over Code 2024.
+
+## Community Over Code
+
+[Community Over Code](https://communityovercode.org/) is a key principle at Apache, highlighting the importance of having a solid and collaborative community rather than just focusing on the code. While good code is essential, the community's strength and resilience keep a project going and growing. I love how this is expressed in the "Apache Way."
+
+Renaming ApacheCon to "Community Over Code" reflects this idea, emphasizing the central role of community in Apache's approach. This year, [Community Over Code was in Bratislava, Slovakia.](https://eu.communityovercode.org/)
+My talk was in the Community track, where I spoke about [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org/) Internship, [the Apache Software Foundation](https://apache.org/), and [Apache Airflow](https://airflow.apache.org/). My goal was to celebrate the success of the Outreachy program, which has surpassed 1,000 internships, and I am proud to be one of them.
+
+![Community Over Code Talk](blog/2024/06/coc-talk.png)
+
+I talked about the community, shared success stories, and provided clear examples, such as [Bowrna Prabhakaran](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bowrna/) and [Ephraim Anierobi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephraimanierobi/), and shared my personal experience. I also explained how Outreachy, along with my mentors from Apache Airflow, [Jarek Potiuk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarekpotiuk/), and [Elad Kalif](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elad-kalif-811b4887/), boosted my professional career in Open Source 03 years ago.
+
+![Community Over Code Slide](blog/2024/06/coc-community.png)
+
+## Working at Percona
+
+Now I work for Percona, which has been recognized as one of [Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Best Workplaces](https://www.inc.com/profile/percona)! I love my job and the amazing things we are building at Percona.
+[Percona](https://www.percona.com/) is an open-source software company that fully believes that open source should remain open throughout. This belief inspires me to work at Percona.
+
+![Work At Percona](blog/2024/06/coc-percona.png)
+
+## What We're Focused on Now
+
+If you're interested in improving database performance on Kubernetes, you will love [Percona Everest](https://docs.percona.com/everest/index.html). It is our cloud-native solution for efficiently managing and running databases on Kubernetes. With a very user-friendly interface, you can run any database on any cloud provider or on-premises.
+
+Here are some use cases where you might use Percona Everest.
+
+- Seeking ways to make the development of internal platforms easier and faster.
+- Looking for affordable alternatives to public Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offerings.
+- Building multi-cloud or hybrid cloud setups to meet data compliance needs for multi-regional businesses.
+- Wishing to leverage Kubernetes for its scalability and stability to run databases efficiently.
+- Transitioning from monolithic to microservices architecture to modernize legacy database infrastructure.
+
+![Percona Everest](blog/2024/06/coc-percona-everest.png)
+
+Any feedback is welcome on our [Percona Everest forum](https://forums.percona.com/c/percona-everest/81), and if you like it, give us a start on GitHub: github.com/percona/everest.