Hadoop Developer Zeitgeist

The Cloudera team have just released a website which has a few reports on various Hadoop development metrics. I like the Most Watched Open Jira Issues, as it gives a good summary of what Hadoop Core developers are thinking about.

Personally, I can't wait for the new MapReduce API (HADOOP-1230), which is currently the third most watched issue.

Cloudera

I'm pleased to announce that I've joined Cloudera, a new startup providing support for Hadoop. Amr Awadallah (who's one of the founders) has got more details in his blog post.