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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.
Osprey: Open Sourcing our Rule Engine
Discord uses Osprey to quickly detect and remove new types of harm from putting our customers at risk. Now we’re open-sourcing this tool so others can do the same.
How to Change Your Theme to Bring Your Vibe to Discord
Add a splash of personality and make Discord pop by changing Discord’s color scheme! Learn how to adjust the look of Discord on both desktop and mobile.
Redpanda Agentic Data Plane (ADP) is now available
Open the source for the full engineering note.
Index, Count, Offset, Size
Wherein we make progress towards solving one of the most vexing problems of Computer Science — naming things.
How to safely deploy agentic AI in the enterprise
The enterprise agentic AI market is struggling. Companies are still trying to figure out how to run agentic systems safely in their private networks. Here’s how data streaming platforms can help.
Why I joined OpenAI
The staggering and fast-growing cost of AI datacenters is a call for performance engineering like no other in history; it's not just about saving costs – it's about saving the planet. I have joined OpenAI to work on this challenge directly, with an initial focus on ChatGPT performance. The sca...
Redpanda Terraform supports managing Redpanda Connect pipelines, private network
Automate Redpanda Cloud with Terraform. Manage Connect pipelines, PrivateLink, and BYOVPC to reduce operational toil and enforce enterprise governance.
Discord Patch Notes: February 4, 2026
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Redpanda Serverless GA: AWS PrivateLink & metrics
Zero-ops simplicity meets enterprise-grade security to unlock production-ready data streaming for builders. Here’s what’s new in Redpanda Serverless.
How to Customize Your Discord Profile
Make your first impression count with a profile that represents you how YOU want to be seen. Learn how to edit and customize your profile to have it rep you the right way.
Bloblang playground just got smarter
We’ve supercharged the Bloblang Playground with better autocomplete, dynamic metadata detection, and swifter collaboration.
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Clear state, predictable behavior, fewer surprises. That's what happened after we refactored our scheduler. Here's what we did and a demo comparing the old with the new.
How to optimize real-time data ingestion in Snowflake and Iceberg
Learn about the hidden costs of real-time data ingestion and practical strategies to optimize your streaming infrastructure.
One for the Treble, Two for the Time
Time is like a river made up of events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place. — Meditations, Book IV
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!
Leaving Intel
InnovatiON 2022 AI Flame Graphs GPU Flame Scope Harshad Sane SREcon APAC Cloud strategy Last day I've resigned from Intel and accepted a new opportunity. If you are an Intel employee, you might have seen my fairly long email that summarized what I did in my 3.5 years. Much of this is public: AI flam...
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.