New features provide an especially inviting playground for teams to do interesting and groundbreaking work, including generative AI initiatives.

The release of open source Apache Cassandra® 5.0, now in open beta with GA expected soon, adds several capabilities that make the NoSQL database even more compelling for enterprises’ mission-critical use cases. Zooming in on the developer level, those new features provide an especially inviting playground for teams to do interesting and groundbreaking work, including, of course, generative AI initiatives.

Cassandra 5.0 also introduces a few improvements to the developer experience itself, making it more efficient — and, frankly, enjoyable — for developers working with the database.

Let’s dig into some of the most important changes in Cassandra 5.0 and how they affect developers.

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