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What does it take to run an open source collaboration platform used everywhere from Raspberry Pi setups to massive enterprise deployments?
In this talk, we dive into Nextcloud — a fully open source alternative to Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 — and explore how it’s built, how it scales, and where the real technical challenges lie.
You’ll learn:
What makes Nextcloud unique as a self-hosted, open standards–based platform
How it evolved from small personal instances to deployments with millions of users
Why data sovereignty is becoming a driving force behind adoption
The role of databases (including MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and more) in powering the platform
Where scaling gets hard — especially at the database layer
We also go deep into real-world engineering challenges:
Debugging and optimizing performance (including N+1 query issues)
Managing massive metadata tables and reducing storage overhead
Scaling strategies: replication, federation, and application-level sharding
Trade-offs of supporting multiple databases while maintaining performance
This is a practical, behind-the-scenes look at how a modern open source platform tackles growth, complexity, and the shifting landscape of digital independence.
If you're working with large-scale systems, databases, or open source infrastructure — this one is for you.
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