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The convergence of AI and data streaming - Part 1: The coming brick walls
If we can’t get an AI to draw a realistic d20, how can we “roll the dice” on it? Learn about AI’s limits and strategies to overcome them.
Build a real-time lakehouse architecture with Redpanda and Databricks
Learn how Redpanda’s Iceberg Topics and Databricks Unity Catalog enable real-time, analytics-ready tables without batch, orchestration, or babysitting.
Build production‑grade agentic AI with Redpanda Connect and broker auditing
Learn how to build secure, observable agentic AI on Redpanda using Connect for AI tools and data access, plus broker audit logs to capture every agent action.
How to Make and Use Custom Emoji on Discord
Emojis on Discord are special — you can make a little picture out of almost any symbol, in-joke, or bizarre late-night inspiration.
Streaming IoT and event data into Snowflake and ClickHouse
Learn how to stream IoT and event data into Snowflake and ClickHouse using Redpanda
Discord Patch Notes: December 8, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Gift Ideas for the Dedicated Discord User in Your Life
We’ve got plenty of gift ideas, from those who game through the night, to those who decorate their profile just right — let’s dig in!
Your Discord Checkpoint is Rolling Out! Celebrate What You Did in 2025
How many messages did you send? How long did you hang out in voice? Who’d you talk with the most? Stop by your end-of-year Checkpoint, a recap of the stuff YOU did on Discord throughout the year!
Save and Display Your Faves: Add Discord Shop & Marvel Rivals Items to Your Profile’s Wishlist
Keep track of all the stuff from the Shop you’ve been wanting to purchase with the new Wishlist feature. Display the stuff you’ve been eyeing on your profile, and if you’re lucky enough, maybe one of your friends may see it and gift it to you…
Bringing In-Game Commerce to Discord Communities
By bringing commerce directly to official game communities, we're giving game developers the opportunity to benefit from these dynamics, creating incremental revenue that complements their existing storefronts.
Operationalize Redpanda Connect with GitOps
Here’s how to operationalize Redpanda Connect with GitOps for less manual ops, predictable deployments, and a standard workflow.
Streamlining Security Investigations with Agents
Slack’s Security Engineering team is responsible for protecting Slack’s core infrastructure and services. Our security event ingestion pipeline handles billions of events per day from a diverse array of data sources. Reviewing alerts produced by our security detection system is our primary responsib...
What's new in Redpanda Cloud: A simpler Serverless now on GCP
Redpanda Serverless gives you the shortest path from idea to impact with a new onboarding UX, availability on GCP, and more. Here’s what’s new.
Migrating from NATS to Redpanda: Evolve from messaging to streaming
Organizations are moving from message delivery to data streaming, unlocking new capabilities, insights, and improved business value. Here’s how to do the same.
How to Link Discord to Battlefield 6, Marvel Rivals & More
Some of the most popular multiplayer games have added the ability to directly link your Discord account to the game! Learn how to link your Discord account to some big-name titles and see what sorta perks it provides.
How to Share What You’re Playing, Listening to, or Watching as Your Status on Discord
Playing a game right now? Listening to some tunes, or catching up on that one anime your friends won’t stop talking about? Learn how to show off what you’re up to as your Discord status and show @everyone what’s up!
Streamfest Day 2: Smarter streaming in the cloud and the future of Kafka
Redpanda Streamfest is a two-day virtual event for developers to master data streaming for the AI era. Here’s what happened on day two.
Streamfest Day 1: AI, governance, and enterprise agents
Redpanda Streamfest is a two-day virtual event for developers to master data streaming for the AI era. Here’s what happened on day one.
Kafka automation made simple | Redpanda
Tired of brittle Kafka scripts? Learn how Redpanda automates cluster management with zero-touch operations, built-in durability, and easier scaling.
Discord Update: November 6, 2025 Changelog
Here's the Discord Changelog from November 6, 2025, so you can stay informed on what’s new in recent app updates!
A Cornucopia of Updates Make Discord on Desktop Fresher Than a Crisp Fall Breeze
This fall, emoji making gets faster, the Settings page gets a redesign, Group DMs are easier to customize, more games gain support for special Discord-powered capabilities, and Family Center gets some expanded features. Take a peek at what’s new this season!
Redpanda 25.3 delivers near-instant disaster recovery and more
Check out how the latest Redpanda release is providing the resilience, efficiency, and interoperability that modern enterprises need for their streaming workloads.
Discord Patch Notes: November 4, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Introducing the Agentic Data Plane
Redpanda’s Agentic Data Plane (ADP) is a unified runtime and control plane that safely exposes enterprise data to AI agents. Here’s how we’re building it.
Governed autonomy: The path to enterprise Agentic AI
The Agentic Data Plane by Redpanda is how enterprises will connect and control AI agents, and how they’ll prove those agents act responsibly. Sign up for early access.