Meet the team - Ian Gilfillan - Digital Cartographer at the MariaDB Foundation

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In this MariaDB Foundation Team Spotlight, we talk with Ian Gilfillan, a long-time contributor to the MariaDB documentation and a key part of the Foundation since 2013.

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Ian shares his journey from early home computers and open-source web development to writing one of the first MySQL books and eventually joining the MariaDB Foundation. He reflects on more than a decade of documentation work, the quiet impact of helping users solve real problems, and how MariaDB has evolved over the years.

We also hear about:

- Working remotely across continents

- The open-source community in South Africa

- The role of documentation in large open-source projects

- Ian’s upcoming transition into a new role at the Foundation

Interview by Robert Silén, Community Advocate at the MariaDB Foundation.

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