Maciej Kalkowski
Founder of Centuria, a company specializing in infrastructure for e-commerce with a strong focus on Magento and enterprise-scale projects. An engineer with a background in network and server administration, he designs and oversees high-availability environments with an emphasis on security, scalability, and the predictability of critical commerce systems. He is a regular speaker at Meet Magento and an active supporter of Poland’s e-commerce ecosystem. In client work, he promotes a process-driven approach: instead of “firefighting,” he advocates for architecture, standards, and procedures that minimize risk, ensure transaction continuity, and keep organizations ready for growth.
2025-11-24
- 09:30 - 10:00
- 30 min
Let's start our annual gathering with some updates from Magento Association, MageOS and organizers.
- 14:00 - 15:00
- 60 min
In the digital age, e-commerce platforms based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) model dominate the market thanks to their simplicity, speed of implementation, and affordability. On the other hand, open source software has long offered flexibility and full control over the code, which is crucial for large and custom projects. How can this be used optimally?
The discussion focuses on the question: in an increasingly standardized world of SaaS, do the openness and flexibility of open source platforms still constitute a key competitive advantage? Do they give companies a unique opportunity to stand out in the market, build custom solutions, and avoid vendor lock-in?
This topic explores how companies can use open source software not only to create, but also to scale and innovate, gaining unique advantages that cannot be achieved in a closed SaaS platform ecosystem.