Re: [DISCUSS] Cassandra ecosystem site

[Henrik Ingo <he...@datastax.com>]

Thanks for sharing, Rahul

Although I knew about Cassandra.link, I somehow had not heard about
Cassandra.tools. I love the current Cassandra.link btw, I think the layout
flows nicely and it feels easier to browse the articles and news compared
to last time I looked.

As for Cassandra.tools, it indeed seems to be very similar to what I put
together. I agree that a static site generator is an option, since
contributors would typically be comfortable with adding content via
submitting PRs with Markdown. Otoh what I feel I'm missing is the nice
grouping into categories that http://35.184.128.58/ has. There I do like
the structure and smooth flow of jamstackthemes.dev.

Do I read you correctly that you are open to collaborate and build upon
cassandra.tools rather than  http://35.184.128.58/? To be specific, is it
aligned with your goals for cassandra.tools that it would be a neutral
community site? (I actually don't know if it needs to be under any kind of
formal Cassandra project supervision, but either way should be similar in
spirit to what content can currently go into
https://cassandra.apache.org/_/ecosystem.html.

As a final comment... If we are going back to static site generators, I
guess I should mention for the record that simply evolving the current
https://cassandra.apache.org/_/ecosystem.html is an option too.

henrik

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 6:59 PM Rahul Xavier Singh <
rahul.xavier.singh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Henrik
>
> What a great find! Love the filterability. Our team and I have been
> curating on https://cassandra.tools/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cassandra.tools/__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN02GT-1vNg$>
> for a few years on a Markdown based Static Generated Site. Right now it
> uses Gatsby. We had gotten the first UI from a jamstack Headless CMS
> listing a while ago.
>
> All the content is in Markdown files. We deliberately chose this so that
> in the worst case it can be hosted for free on any static hosting site in
> the world including Github Pages.
>
> There's another iteration of where we can find inspiration.  This is a
> Hugo generated site.
>
> https://github.com/stackbit/jamstackthemes
> This powers https://jamstackthemes.dev/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jamstackthemes.dev/__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN00UagwkUQ$>
>
> All of the content is in markdown here as well
> https://github.com/stackbit/jamstackthemes/blob/master/content/services/formstack/_index.md
>
> This is the story of precaution.. the moment you have to depend on a
> database for any site, it becomes a service that has to be hosted, managed,
> cared for... I strongly recommend a static generator even if you continue
> to use a database.
>
> There's also a source of content from the DB that powers our
> https://cassandra.link
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cassandra.link__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN00_DcmPDg$>
> which is also generated from Gatsby but is backed by a MySQL based app.
> We've backlogged moving it to be hosted on a Cassandra variant like Astra
> or otherwise, but you know as well as most people, this guy named Free Time
> is hard to get in touch with.
>
>
>
> Rahul Singh
>
> Chief Executive Officer | Business Platform Architect m: 202.905.2818 e:
> rahul.singh@anant.us li: http://linkedin.com/in/xingh
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://linkedin.com/in/xingh__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN00sLGZUVA$>
> ca: http://calendly.com/xingh
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://calendly.com/xingh__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN03vd0kOIw$>
>
> *We create, support, and manage real-time global data & analytics
> platforms for the modern enterprise.*
>
> *Anant | https://anant.us
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://anant.us/__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN032I5eyNw$>*
>
> 3 Washington Circle, Suite 301
>
> Washington, D.C. 20037
>
> *http://Cassandra.Link
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://cassandra.link/__;!!PbtH5S7Ebw!e2PlRJmfEuZkacYBgAqGI0rJLJeePGh6jCyohtgYzSrBH-TIOesfuqmPrfneRqQ-dJiC5v14Sj-oXRnMlcMBN00cLVV0aQ$>* :
> The best resources for Apache Cassandra
>
>

-- 

Henrik Ingo

+358 40 569 7354 <358405697354>

[image: Visit us online.] <https://www.datastax.com/>  [image: Visit us on
Twitter.] <https://twitter.com/DataStaxEng>  [image: Visit us on YouTube.]
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_channel_UCqA6zOSMpQ55vvguq4Y0jAg&d=DwMFaQ&c=adz96Xi0w1RHqtPMowiL2g&r=IFj3MdIKYLLXIUhYdUGB0cTzTlxyCb7_VUmICBaYilU&m=bmIfaie9O3fWJAu6lESvWj3HajV4VFwgwgVuKmxKZmE&s=16sY48_kvIb7sRQORknZrr3V8iLTfemFKbMVNZhdwgw&e=>
  [image: Visit my LinkedIn profile.] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/heingo/>