500 Stars and Climbing: Scaling the OpenEverest Peak
OpenEverest just hit 500 stars on GitHub! We’re celebrating our growing community and the launch of our new Stargazers milestone tracker.
Sergey Pronin
@spron-inSergey is a product leader focusing on delivering robust open-source solutions. After having consistently contributed to the growth of Percona and its product open source culture as a VP of Product, he is now leading the Everest open source database platform. Digital nomad, who enjoys spreading the word about data on Kubernetes. He loves playing tennis and hockey, but his major passions are his family, three kids and a dog.
Posts by Sergey Pronin
From Monolith to Modular: The Extensible Future of OpenEverest
We're rebuilding OpenEverest with a plugin architecture that lets you add new databases in days instead of months. Here's why and how.
5 Hard Truths from the 2025 CNCF Survey: Is Your Infrastructure Ready for AI?
Kubernetes adoption has hit 82%, but cultural shifts and AI complexity are the new blockers. Discover how OpenEverest solves "YAML fatigue" and provides a vendor-neutral DBaaS for the cloud-native era.
Percona Everest Transitions to OpenEverest: A New Chapter in Open Source Database Management
Percona is transitioning Percona Everest into an independent open source project called OpenEverest, designed to operate with open governance and a growing, multi-vendor community.
Contributing to OpenEverest: A Guide to Local Development Setup
At OpenEverest, we believe that a healthy open-source community is built on teamwork and removing barriers to entry. This guide walks you through setting up a local development environment, from installing dependencies like K3d and Tilt to spinning up your first cluster.
Ingress NGINX is dead. Long live... the Ingress NGINX fork?
The blog post discusses the unexpected revival of the retired Kubernetes `ingress-nginx` controller through Chainguard's EmeritOSS program. While Chainguard has forked the project to provide sustainable stewardship, they do not offer pre-built container images or Helm charts, requiring users to build and host these themselves.
Kubernetes 1.35 'Timbernetes': Vertical Scaling and SLA Management for Stateful Workloads
Kubernetes 1.35 introduces In-Place Vertical Scaling and Gang Scheduling. Learn how these features enable zero-downtime resizing for stateful database workloads on OpenEverest.
The Retirement of Ingress NGINX Controller: What It Means and What's Next
On November 11, 2025, the Ingress NGINX controller is retiring. Explore what this means, the alternatives available, and the future of ingress in Kubernetes.
Key Insights from the Data on Kubernetes 2025 Annual Report
The 2025 Data on Kubernetes Annual Report confirms DoK has matured into standard practice. Learn about the shift toward operational excellence, cost optimization, and the rise of vector databases and edge computing.
Welcome to OpenEverest
Welcome to OpenEverest - the open-source platform for automated database provisioning and management. Learn about our mission and how to contribute.
