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High-signal field notes, architecture teardowns, and engineering writing from 50 publications. A focused reading queue for becoming a stronger end-to-end engineer. Updated 20 Aug.
Automation That Screams Joy
I hate shell scripting with a passion. Whenever I join a project, I go on a crusade to rewrite all bash scripts into the project’s main language. I have Java For Everything tattooed on my arm (no). The code I’ve written at TigerBeetle that I am most proud of is this:
Oracle CDC now available in Redpanda Connect
Native CDC for Oracle enables real-time access without rearchitecting. No JVM, middleware, or operational overhead.
Discord Patch Notes: April 6, 2026
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Supercharging Redpanda Streaming with profile-guided optimization
A behind-the-scenes look into how we optimized performance and cut latency in Redpanda 26.1 with profile-guided optimization.
MULTIPLAYER SEQUEL TO ACCLAIMED AAAA GAME “THE LAST MEADOW” ANNOUNCED: PLAYABLE NOW
Band together with Discordians from across the world in Last Meadow Online, the world’s first DBMMIRPG. Available to play until April 7, 2026.
Engineering Den: Ship in style with official Redpanda terminal themes
Add a "paws-itive" flair to your terminal with Redpanda themes. Light and dark mode included.
Redpanda 26.1 delivers the industry's first adaptable streaming engine
One engine. Every workload. No more streaming sprawl. R1 is here and it's ready for your most demanding workloads.
Under the hood: Redpanda Cloud Topics architecture
Cloud Topics represents a new replication mechanism in our Redpanda streaming engine that cuts costs by using object storage. Here’s how it actually works.
How Multi-Factor Authentication Helps Keep Your Discord Account Safe
A Discord account is more than just your username and avatar. That’s why it’s important to help keep your account safe and secure by using Multi-Factor Authentication, SMS Backup Authentication & QR Code Login. Learn how to keep your account more secure in the following blog post!
Discord Update: March 24, 2026 Changelog
Here's the Discord Changelog from March 24, 2026, so you can stay informed on what’s new in recent app updates!
Visibility vs. autonomy: Solving the paradox of enterprise agentic systems
How a governed data control plane ensures trust and accountability.
A Trillion Transactions
We processed a trillion transactions to test TigerBeetle’s scale.
Introducing Redpanda AI SDK for Go
Redpanda needed observable, resilient, production-grade AI tooling for Go, so we built it ourselves. Today, we're open-sourcing it.
How ROOST is Advancing Online Safety
The threat landscape online has shifted dramatically. Many online platforms are left to reinvent safety tools from scratch. That’s the gap ROOST was built to close — and it’s why open-sourcing battle-tested tools like Osprey matters so much.
Redpanda pushes the envelope on NVIDIA Vera
NVIDIA Vera provides 5.5x lower latencies and up to 73% higher throughputs than other leading CPU models.
You’re Now Discord Official: Developers, Claim Your Game and Verify Your Server
Developers can now claim and customize their game’s profiles on Discord. Curate your game’s presence on the platform to help people discover more about your game, and get your server verified in the process! Read on to see how it works.
Redpanda Cloud’s BYOVPC for AWS is now Generally Available
BYOVPC is ready for production workloads, giving teams advanced networking control without sacrificing the managed experience you love about Redpanda Cloud.
Building on the Social Layer of Games: What’s New from GDC 2026
At GDC 2026, Discord gives developers more ways to close the gap between connection and play.
Discord Patch Notes: March 6, 2026
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Introducing Iceberg output for Redpanda Connect
Land any data into Apache Iceberg with Redpanda Connect. Maximize infra density, automate schema evolution, and scale 1-to-many routing without the toil.
Tracing Discord's Elixir Systems (Without Melting Everything)
Join Senior Software Engineer Nick Krichevsky as he explains how Discord added distributed tracing to Elixir's message passing and optimized it to handle millions of concurrent users.
Hello, Agent! A podcast for the agentic enterprise
Cut through the hype and learn how enterprise leaders are designing, deploying, and scaling AI agents in the real world.
Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What's Changing
Discord's CTO addresses community concerns about age assurance: no mass ID collection, new vendor transparency commitments, and a delayed global launch until second half of 2026.
Building with Redpanda Connect: Bloblang and Claude Plugin
Join our workshop to learn how to build a production-ready Postgres-to-Redpanda pipeline and see what that simplicity looks like in practice.
Aloha, Redpanda FY27 company kick-off
From AI hackathons to hakas, here’s what happened at our fourth company kick-off.