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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.
Operationalize Redpanda Connect with GitOps
Here’s how to operationalize Redpanda Connect with GitOps for less manual ops, predictable deployments, and a standard workflow.
A Tale Of Four Fuzzers
Charles Darnay observed that the gate was held by a mixed guard of soldiers and patriots, the latter far outnumbering the former; and that while ingress into the city for peasants’ carts bringing in supplies, and for similar traffic and traffickers, was easy enough, egress, even for the homeliest pe...
On "AI Brendans" or "Virtual Brendans"
There are now multiple AI performance engineering agents that use or are trained on my work. Some are helper agents that interpret flame graphs or eBPF metrics, sometimes privately called AI Brendan ; others have trained on my work to create a virtual Brendan that claims it can tune everything just ...
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.
Mathematics of Consensus — Accidental Lecture
Somewhat accidentally, we recorded an impromptu ~2 hour lecture explaining the mathematics behind consensus algorithms, using a Go Pro fisheye—the camera on hand 🤣
Intel is listening, don't waste your shot
Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has made listening to customers a top priority, saying at Intel Vision earlier this year: "Please be brutally honest with us. This is what I expect of you this week, and I believe harsh feedback is most valuable." I'd been in regular meetings with Intel for several years...
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.
Third Stage Engineering
The real performance of any computer hardware in production is the result of the hardware, software, and tuning; the investment and sequence of these efforts can be pictured as a three-stage rocket: I recently presented this embarrassingly simple diagram to Intel's executive leadership, and at the t...
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.
The Write Last, Read First Rule
TigerBeetle is a financial transactions database built for correctness. Yet, building a correct system from correct components remains a challenge:
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.
Introducing low-code MCP servers in Redpanda Cloud
Introducing Redpanda Cloud Remote MCP, a managed solution for low-code MCP servers that easily integrates your data sources with AI apps.
Synadia and TigerBeetle Pledge $512,000 to the Zig Software Foundation
Synadia and TigerBeetle have together pledged $512,000 to the Zig Software Foundation over the next two years in support of the language, leadership, and communities building the future of simpler systems software.
Build an e-commerce streaming data pipeline with Snowflake and Redpanda
Learn how to set up a live data pipeline streaming e-commerce order data from Redpanda into Snowflake for real-time insights.
Tracking Time Without Clock
A short note on a couple of code patterns for handling time!
Cyborg and Redpanda: Secure streaming pipelines for enterprise AI
Stream events from Redpanda Connect into CyborgDB for confidential, real-time Enterprise AI workflows.