DB-Mastery Series 2026
A year-long series built for engineers who run databases in the real world. Across twelve 4–6 hour deep-dive summits, we break down AI-driven automation, Kubernetes-powered data stacks, cloud-native architectures, and the patterns that keep high-load applications fast, stable, and scalable.
What is DB-Mastery?
DB-Mastery is BuildDevCon’s flagship online program for 2026 — a curated series of twelve deep-dive database summits.
Each month we bring together engineers who actually run databases in the real world — the people responsible for uptime, performance, migrations, and post-mortems.
Themes span AI-enabled operations, Kubernetes-powered data workflows, cloud-optimized storage, and the realities of building high-throughput, low-latency applications.
Who it’s for
The series is designed for teams who live in production and own databases end-to-end.
- Database engineers & DBAs
- Backend & platform engineers
- Cloud & infrastructure architects
- DevOps & SRE on data-heavy systems
- Tech leads, heads of engineering, CTOs
- AI/ML engineers building data-intensive products
12 monthly summits
One focused online event every month from January to December 2026, each running 4–6 hours.
Pick your battles
Join the full series or drop into the topics that match your challenges — Kubernetes, AI, observability, and more.
Live + recordings
Attend live, then share recordings and materials with your team afterwards.
2026 Lineup
Twelve deep-dive online summits — one every month from January to December 2026.
AI DBA: Self-Running Databases
AI-driven tuning, automation, and self-healing patterns for production systems.
Cloud Native Databases
Architectures and operational models for cloud-first database platforms.
In-Memory Databases
Ultra-low latency design and caching strategies for modern data workloads.
Running OSS Databases on AWS
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB — real-world setups and migrations.
PostgreSQL on Kubernetes
Operators, storage, backups, HA, failover, and performance tuning.
MySQL on Kubernetes
Connections, sharding, replicas, resilience, and orchestration patterns.
Building AI Apps with PostgreSQL
Vectors, embeddings, hybrid search, and AI-powered Postgres pipelines.
Document Databases
Schema design, indexing, query patterns, and scaling strategies.
DB-Intensive Apps with Python
Async I/O, ORMs, pooling, and high-throughput backend patterns.
DB-Intensive Apps with JavaScript
Event loops, connection handling, and efficient data access in JS.
Database Observability
Metrics, traces, query insights, slow-query analysis, failure forensics.
DB-Mastery All-Stars 2026
The best talks, insights, and patterns from across the entire year.
Previously at BuildDevCon events
Across all BuildDevCon events from 2024–2025
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Get DB-Mastery updatesFor speakers
We’re looking for practitioners with real stories from production — migrations, incidents, scaling projects, and AI workflows that actually shipped.
If you have a talk idea that fits one of the 2026 topics, we’d love to hear from you.
Call for papersFor sponsors
DB-Mastery is a natural fit for companies building tools and platforms in databases, cloud, observability, AI infrastructure, storage, and developer tooling.
Across 12 events, your brand stays in front of the engineers and technical leaders you want to reach.
Request sponsor deckFAQ
Some summits will be free, others may have tickets. Pricing and registration details will be listed for each individual event.
No. You can attend the full series or just the topics that are most relevant to your current work.
Yes. If you register for a summit, you’ll receive access to the session recordings and selected materials afterwards.
DB-Mastery is organized by BuildDevCon — a team focused on developer-first online conferences and technical content for engineering teams.