China's Open Source Data Community Operations Dream Team

December 20, 2024, 13:5912/20/24About 10 min

PowerData

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Recently, I read an article by Teacher Yin Haiwen titled "Database Operations Dream Team Plus", which sparked an idea. The open-source data community also has many capable, good-looking, and thoughtful operations colleagues. Hence, I wrote this introduction to China's open-source data operations dream team.

Author: PowerData - Li Qifeng | Editor: PowerData - Li Zhao

Chapter 01

DolphinScheduler

Zeng Hui

Apache DolphinScheduler Committer, mainly responsible for the community operations of Apache DolphinScheduler and SeaTunnel. Leads the project's ecosystem development, maintains developer relations, enhances the global influence of the "open-source project," and focuses on internal community building. Dedicated to spreading open-source culture. If you're interested in open-source big data technology events, 🙏 welcome 👏👏 to contact me to collaborate! Usually enjoy music, outdoor activities, and playing badminton!

Operations Insight: The core of community operations lies in activating developers, creating value, and building connections. First, understand developer needs and attract user participation through high-quality content and activities, such as technical sharing, case studies, and contribution incentives. Second, lower the barrier to entry by providing clear contribution guidelines and tutorials to help newcomers quickly get started and integrate into the community. It is also particularly important to focus on cultivating and incentivizing core contributors, giving users a sense of identity and honor to form long-term motivation for contribution. Regularly collect user feedback, respond to issues quickly, and enhance the sense of belonging and trust in the community. Finally, maintain synergy with technology and the ecosystem, allowing the community to bring practical value to products and business, forming a virtuous cycle.

Brother Hui is widely recognized in the industry for his great voice in the open-source community (I remember at an open-source dinner, his performance of "海阔天空" directly won over the entire room). In my heart, he is the great open-source operations big brother—professional, passionate, and humble. Since the founding of PowerData, I have been organizing events with Brother Hui. Until now, although we have never met in person, I truly admire him. Brother Hui now has both a son and a daughter, a happy and fulfilling family, and a thriving open-source career. It's really enviable!

Chapter 02

SelectDB

Ye Zi (Coconut)

An event operations specialist, a 24g internet surfer who loves researching and paying attention to fun and interesting activities from various communities. My favorite thing is collecting souvenirs from offline events!

Operations Insight: Operations must have a human touch. Based on clear community goals and user needs, organize activities to create unique community labels. Focus on interaction with users, encourage active participation in community activities, and provide certain incentives.

I met Xiran同学 offline at China Open Source Conference and even asked her to hold a PD sign for a photo to endorse PD. Getting back on topic, I have collaborated with Xiran同学 on many online and offline events. She is a very fun, professional, and enthusiastic operations colleague. (She says she is socially anxious, but actually she's not—she's somewhere between an introvert and an extrovert).

Yang Suli

Apache Doris is the first database open-source project I have truly been involved in operating. Having been involved with the project for nearly three years, I am responsible for the content operations of the Doris community & Flywheel Tech, including technical analysis, user case studies, solution articles, as well as the planning, compilation, and promotion of e-books and case collections. So far, I have planned and produced 100+ original articles, garnering 500w+ reads across all channels, and planned a WeChat article with 40k+ reads. Over these three years, I have grown alongside the community. The strength of the Doris community has made me who I am, and I have done my best to contribute to the community's prosperity.

Operations Insight: It might be too early to talk about insights. Operations work requires both innovation and insight, as well as strong execution and communication skills. Understanding the business and basing actions on user needs and experiences are also fundamental abilities for operations. The open-source user segment, with its strong technical literacy and unique perspectives, requires operations to be more open, inclusive, practical, and respectful. In content operations, addressing user needs and solving practical problems should be the top priority. Creating valuable, high-quality content, combined with effective operational strategies and persistence, is the way to achieve goals.

Suli同学 is too modest. As SelectDB's content operations specialist, when I lack inspiration while typesetting the official WeChat account, I look at SelectDB's official account (for reference, not plagiarism, manual doge head). I met her in person at Doris Summit in 2023—she is very approachable and enthusiastic. I hope to have the opportunity to communicate offline again in the future.

Chapter 03

NebulaGraph

Zhang Hui

NebulaGraph Developer Relations Lead, CNCF Ambassador. Technical background, skilled in engaging with developers from their perspective within the community.

Operations Insight: People-oriented, Trust is everything.

I just met Sister Hui recently. During our exchanges, I felt her passion for open source and her sense of responsibility towards community operations. We can organize more interesting open-source activities together in the future. While compiling this article, Sister Hui proactively helped me invite TiDB community operations representative '表妹' (cousin). Thank you very much~

Chapter 04

IoTDB

Qin Chuqing

Hello everyone, I'm Chuqing. I handle the operations for the IoTDB community and am also the operations lead for Timecho Tech. IoTDB is a time-series database initiated and developed by Tsinghua University. It graduated smoothly from the Apache Incubator and became a top-level project in 2020. Having operated the IoTDB community for over three years, we have organized or participated in nearly fifty events, connected and communicated with thousands of open-source users, and are committed to making IoTDB a warm and rewarding open-source community.

Operations Insight: A community is a magical group. Partners scattered across the country, even the globe, collaborate to form a community—a spontaneously formed, even weakly connected behavior. Operating a community, in my opinion, involves two key tasks: targeting the audience and identifying needs. Step one, targeting the audience, means deeply understanding the community group and analyzing its characteristics. Clearly defining the audience and having a deep understanding of the community is the foundation of community operations. Step two is identifying needs. This means recognizing where the community needs help from the operators. For example, if community users need a deeper understanding of the product architecture, then relevant sharing sessions or blog writing can be organized.

Sister Chuqing, Tsinghua top student,气质美女 (elegant beauty), operations expert. This year, I invited Sister Chuqing to share and communicate at the Open Source Conference. She has a thorough understanding of the technical details related to IoTDB and shoulders responsibilities in both market and operations—very comprehensive. PD has collaborated with IoTDB multiple times this year. I feel that the IoTDB team members are very humble, professional, and communicating with them is like a breath of fresh air.

Chapter 05

Pulsar

Fu Teng

Hi,大家好 (hello everyone), I'm Fu Teng. I'm currently working at Anliu Tech on Pulsar commercialization and community operations. It's been 12 years in the industry in a flash, already whitening the young man's head. I started firmly on the Programmer path, later moved into products and projects, and now I'm doing operations and support. I love open source, am passionate about running and fitness, reject internal strife, and hope for peace. Nearing forty, what I value most is my declining health and my hope for a vibrant family. Of course, I still really like working—truly and effectively. Hope to get to know everyone.

Operations Insight: As a rapidly developing open-source messaging and stream processing platform (well, it actually has a 12-year history), Apache Pulsar has penetrated many leading large companies domestically and internationally. Open source and the community have played a crucial role here. Since the open-source wave began in 2000, it has swept across the global software infrastructure like a whirlwind. I wonder, how does everyone view open source? From our perspective in open-source commercialization, infrastructure, due to its complexity, has actually achieved collaboration among global domain experts through open source, rapidly淘汰 (phasing out) many closed-source "black boxes" with unparalleled efficiency. This大大降低了 (greatly reduces) sales costs. Therefore, operating an open-source community is actually a job that combines branding, marketing, and product into one. It's really a tough job because you have to do everything. But it's also a great job because through open source, you can reach big shots in various industries. Everyone can benefit each other and get through the winter. If I had to say what insights I have, it's that you must give first, consistently and steadfastly!

Brother Teng, always pushing me to work: "Qifeng, don't forget to repost the article," "Qifeng, come support the Beijing event," "Qifeng, endorse Pulsar." And he's always very polite. I've said we're buddies,哎 (ai), after all, Brother Teng is getting older, but he has been trying hard to integrate into the PD atmosphere recently. This year, I organized many events with Brother Teng, and the collaboration was particularly pleasant. He has also been very supportive of PD. Let's continue this!

Chapter 06

KAIYUANSHE (Open Source Society)

Dong Jifu

Initiator of KCC@Nanjing (KAIYUANSHE Nanjing City Community). Upholding the宗旨 (purpose) of KAIYUANSHE, with the philosophy of "Open Source Knowledge and Action, Steadfast and Robust," he promotes open-source culture in Nanjing, jointly organizes offline events with various communities, and co-builds the open-source ecosystem and inheritance.

Operations Insight: Everything comes from open source, everything goes back to open source. I have made many friends through open source, and at the same time, I have learned a lot of new knowledge by participating in open-source activities. Take action, reap joy.

Brother Jifu, my close open-source partner in Nanjing, along with Brother Mazheng and Brother Daqing in the picture above—we are the Nanjing open-source task force. Since 2023, we have organized an event in Nanjing every year. Brother Jifu, as the lead organizer and recorder, writes post-event summary articles that are, in my heart, the no.1 open-source event summary articles. They are detailed, share materials, and incorporate his own thoughts, making it feel like listening to the sharing session again. Attached is one of Brother Jifu's event summary articles: AI开源南京分享会回顾录 (AI Open Source Nanjing Sharing Session Review)

Chapter 07

Dromara

Li Nan

Hello everyone, I am Li Nan (Nannan) from KAIYUANSHE & Dromara open-source community. I like comics, binge-watching web dramas, am very curious, and enjoy tinkering around—a "free-spirited" woman.

Operations Insight: Interact more, listen more, encourage everyone to communicate and share, and respond to questions promptly. Promote more to attract more people to join. Also, maintain community rules well, keep the atmosphere friendly, so everyone can find a sense of belonging.

I met Li Nan同学 offline during PD's Hangzhou Open Source Tour. She is a very lovely and enthusiastic girl. Li Nan同学 does not have a technical background but has been volunteering in open-source operations. This year's PD Open Source Tour also received a lot of support from the community. I hope Li Nan同学 can stay lovely forever~

Logically, this article is an introduction to operations personnel in the open-source data community, but I still included Brother Jifu and Li Nan同学 here. I want everyone to see that there are such sincere and lovely people in the open-source field.

Chapter 08

ByConity

Liu Xiaomi

An open-source operations girl, sometimes a bit socially anxious ENFP. I've been working in the open-source circle since my internship before graduation. Over the years, I've been exposed to various big shots and learn a lot of knowledge every day. I hope to continue contributing my part to community building in the future 🐮

Operations Insight: In my opinion, the most important aspect of community operations is maintaining developer relations. By building strong relationships with developers, the community can leverage extensive developer expertise, increase product iteration speed, and quickly obtain community feedback. By analyzing the project's status from aspects like maturity and infrastructure, and then using the right operational methods to maintain developer relations, a better environment can be created for the community's developers.

Xiaomi同学, we haven't met in person, but we have collaborated on many events. This year, for PD's city tour, Xiaomi同学 provided venue, speaker, and souvenir support for multiple events. She is very sincere, no wonder she excels in maintaining developer relations. Not having communicated offline with Xiaomi同学 is one of my regrets. I hope to have the opportunity to请教 (seek advice from) her in person next year.

Chapter 09

TiDB

Huang Manshen (Biǎo mèi - Cousin)

In this era of rapid digital development, open-source communities have become important platforms for technical exchange and knowledge sharing. In my heart, the ideal domestic open-source community should be a vibrant, open, inclusive, and collaborative win-win ecosystem. It is not just a gathering place for technology but also a convergence point for dreams and passion.

Operations Insight: In the TiDB community, all decision-making processes, technology roadmaps, and development plans will be公开 (open) to community members, allowing everyone to understand how the community operates and its future direction. This transparency not only enhances the trust of community members but also attracts more outstanding talents to join. Everyone is encouraged to提出 (put forward) their ideas and suggestions, whether it's improvements to existing features or visions for future development—all can become valuable assets for the community's development.

In the field of open-source data community operations, the figure of TiDB's Biǎo mèi (I should probably call her Biǎo jiě - older cousin sister) is indispensable. The活跃 (activeness) of the TiDB community is离不开 (inseparable from) Cousin's professionalism and dedication. As an outsider, I also learned a lot of practical and actionable operational knowledge from her article "What is the Ideal Open Source Community Like? A Shallow Understanding from TiDB Community Operations Cousin". I hope to have the opportunity to seek advice from Cousin in person in the future~

Chapter 10

ActionTech

Guan Changlong

ActionTech Open Source Community Operations Manager. From server rooms to training podiums, passionate about open-source technology evangelism.

Operations Insight: As a community operator, passion and patience are required. Establish efficient communication channels to facilitate developer exchange. Actively respond to member questions and create a friendly atmosphere. If there is an opportunity for offline communication, the effect is definitely the best.

I met Brother Long at an open-source event in Shanghai and had in-depth exchanges at the China Open Source Conference, where PD's and ActionTech's booths were next to each other. As an operations expert with a technical background, he has a natural advantage in technology evangelism. Combined with Brother Long's eloquent expression and patient, steady tone, you will unconsciously be attracted to him. Moreover, he is very helpful and took many handsome photos of me during the event. Brother Long is also somewhere between an introvert and an extrovert—an introvert when无事 (nothing's happening), but特别 e (very extroverted) when there's work to be done.

<<< Summary >>>

The open-source community is full of strong players—not only developers but also operations personnel, each with their own unique skills and extraordinary talents. I hope today's article allows you to see the professionalism, enthusiasm, handsomeness, and beauty of open-source operations personnel.

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