Branimir Lambov from IBM on Cassandra
Summary
The interview with Branimir Lambov, a Cassandra committer at IBM, covers his background, the Trie-based enhancements in Cassandra 5 (BTI format and trie memtables), and CEP-57. It also discusses past projects like deterministic token allocation and updated compaction strategies, adoption within DataStax products, and perspectives on Java versions and AI tooling in development.