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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.
From Single-Node to Multi-GPU Clusters: How Discord Made Distributed Compute Easy for ML Engineers
From manual GPU configs to one-command clusters: Join Serrana Aguirregaray and Nathaniel Jenkins as they tell the story of Discord's journey to build a developer-friendly ML infrastructure on Ray for 200M+ monthly active users.
During October, Treat a Friend to Nitro and Trick Out Your Profile for Halloween 🎃
Do you embrace tricks in the Shop or turn them into treats? Trick out your profile with shockingly sweet decorations, or treat your friend to Nitro and earn something for yourself in return!
Discord Patch Notes: October 7, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
3 demos to get started with Redpanda on Apache Iceberg™
Apache Iceberg integration made simple. Get started with three no-fluff demos using Redpanda’s Iceberg Topics. One config. Endless scale.
Real-time analytics at scale: Redpanda and Snowflake Streaming
Turn streaming data into insights faster. Learn how Redpanda Connect delivers high-volume, low-latency pipelines directly into Snowflake tables.
Integrating MQTT for durable real-time data streams
Stream MQTT data with Redpanda. Persist device messages, fan them out through 300+ connectors, and make them queryable with tools like Apache Iceberg.
Discord Update: September 25, 2025 Changelog
Here's the Discord Changelog from September 25, 2025, so you can stay informed on what’s new in recent app updates!
New Looks for Nitro, New Looks for You. Get Yourself a Nitro-exclusive Profile Bundle!
Between now and September 30th, 2025, new and existing Nitro members can claim a profile bundle matching Nitro's new look, including an Avatar Decoration, Profile Effect, and a Nameplate! Open this blog to see the details.
Integrating Grafbase and Redpanda for seamless real-time features
Grafbase launched native support for Kafka through Grafbase Extensions and Redpanda is the ideal streaming engine to power it. Here’s how to integrate them.
Build a real-time equipment monitoring pipeline with Snowflake and MQTT
Learn how to build an end-to-end, real-time equipment monitoring solution using MQTT, Redpanda Connect, and Snowflake.
Staff Picks, September 2025: Welcome to Our Video Game Museum
Happy National Video Games Day! We’re hearing from Veronica, Scott, Tyler, and Anni about which games would go in their hypothetical video games museum. Nothing better than honoring a beloved game by putting it behind a glass case!
Real-time AI: what is it and why it needs streaming data
Learn how streaming data takes your AI from reactive to proactive and the real-world applications driving instant intelligence.
Discord Patch Notes: September 3, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Bringing DAVE to All Discord Platforms
From March 1st, 2026, all clients and apps must be updated to utilize DAVE’s end-to-end encryption support for voice and video calls. In this blog, we explore the challenges we encountered bringing E2EE to browsers, and share what you may need to do to ensure your app can still connect to voice call...
Integrating OpenID Connect with Redpanda
Learn how to set up OpenID Connect with Redpanda to protect your critical data from unauthorized access.
Starting Your First Discord Server
Looking to create a new Discord server for the first time? How do you invite your friends to it? What even IS a text or voice channel in Discord? Follow along as we help you start up a new place to talk and play games with your friends.
Setting up Redpanda observability in Datadog
A comprehensive guide to integrating the Datadog Agent with Redpanda for data collection, metric scraping, and tapping into Datadog's powerful dashboards.
Meet the Redpanda Documentation MCP server
Get instant answers about Redpanda directly in your IDE with our new Model Context Protocol server.
Building event-driven pipelines with SQS and S3
Learn how to build real-time, event-driven data pipelines directly from your object storage with Amazon SQS and S3.
Redpanda Cloud Summer 2025: Connect everywhere, Iceberg GA in cloud, and more
Our summer update is sizzling with expanded Serverless capabilities, Iceberg topics on across all major clouds, and Redpanda Connect on all deployments. Read on.
Transforming Game Discovery with Instant Play Experiences on Discord
Discord and NVIDIA partner to showcase cloud-streamed gaming experiences on Discord to transform game discovery for players and developers, starting with Fortnite.
Redpanda open-sources top 16 AI connectors
Redpanda open-sources top AI connectors to the most used destinations, including OpenAI, Cohere, Bedrock, Ollama, and Vertex AI. Learn more.
Discord’s Powerful Cross-Platform Chat: Ready for Your Game
The Discord Social SDK is coming out of closed beta! Developers can now take advantage of Discord’s voice and text chat in their games and help players connect for longer playtimes by enhancing their multiplayer experiences.
Streaming optimized data to S3 for analytics with Parquet
Learn how to build a powerful data pipeline that feeds analytics systems from Redpanda using clean, compressed Parquet files in Amazon S3.
Real-time CDC for inventory tracking with PostgreSQL
Learn how to easily implement real-time CDC using PostgreSQL and Redpanda for stress-free inventory tracking.