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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.
How a global gaming platform cut latency and CPU load with smarter observability
Learn how Redpanda’s game-changing observability cut latency and CPU load for the world’s leading online chess platform.
Gift Nitro and Earn A Flavorful Splash for your Avatar
Between now and June 20, if you treat your friend to either a monthly or annual Nitro membership, you’ll earn the Freshly Picked Avatar Decoration to splash across your profile pic!
Top AI agent use cases across industries | Redpanda
Learn how AI agents are being used in the real world to solve problems, boost efficiency, and make work easier across different industries.
Fuzzer Blind Spots (Meet Jepsen!)
Systems inevitably have components which are easier or harder to test.
Discord Social SDK Updates & Integrations
Dig into the latest news about the Discord Social SDK! Learn how Facepunch Studios implemented the SDK directly in their game Rust to enhance their player’s social experience, and how you can do the same.
Discord Patch Notes: June 3, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Stream financial data to Snowflake for real-time analytics | Redpanda
Learn how to set up a real-time data stream into Snowflake for real-time insights using Redpanda’s blazing-fast Snowflake connector.
How to Use the Discord Soundboard & Add More Sounds
Discord’s Soundboard lets you instantly react to the call with quick custom soundbites. Where do you use it? How do you add more sounds, and how long can they be? Listen closely as we lay it all down!
What is agentic AI? An introduction to autonomous agents
A beginner-friendly introduction to agentic AI, its core components, challenges, and real-world uses. Read on.
Checkpoint 3: Leveling Up Discord Quests with Orbs and Advanced Measurement
We're expanding our Quests advertising product with a new reward for users: Discord Orbs. We’re also introducing a new partnership with Kantar, which will further enhance the return on investment measurement and analytics capabilities of Quests for advertisers.
Explore Redpanda Cloud's new production-grade features for SREs
Say goodbye to ClickOps! Redpanda Cloud's new SRE features boost efficiency and future-proof your streaming workloads. Explore what’s new.
Asserting Implications
A short one today!
3 Years of Extremely Remote Work
In the last 3 years I've attended 77 meetings that began between 1am and 6am, roughly once every two weeks, followed by my usual 7am start, Monday to Saturday. I'm working remotely from Australia for a US firm (Intel) who does not have a local office here. I'm not complaining. I work weird hours, bu...
Go Beyond, Plus Ultra! with the My Hero Academia Collection
Become the hero you want to be with the My Hero Academia Collection, featuring nine Avatar Decorations and three Profile Effects based upon fan-favorite heroes and villains.
What are Apache Iceberg tables? Benefits and challenges | Redpanda
Apache Iceberg tables introduce a reliable framework for querying large datasets in data lakes. Explore their use cases, benefits, and more.
Implementing FIPS compliance in Redpanda
Redpanda now supports FIPS, so you can run our clusters in secure environments with strict federal security standards for crypto modules.
Introducing the Discord for Business Newsletter, Vol. 1
Exclusive to partners and friends, this newsletter brings you the latest updates on business opportunities within the world of Discord. Read the first issue and sign up for future entries on the Blog!
Thank You for Ten Years
As we celebrate our tenth trip around the sun, let’s see what you and your friends have been up to on Discord over the past decade.
Staff Picks, May 2025: The Games That Brought Us to Discord
It’s Discord’s Birthday today! In this month’s Staff Picks, we’ll hear from Christina, Emi, Jeremy, and Armando about which games introduced them to Discord and the game recs they currently have.
Getting started with Iceberg Topics on Redpanda BYOC
Redpanda’s Iceberg Topics offer fast, simple, cost-efficient Kafka storage in open Iceberg tables—now available in Redpanda Cloud beta for BYOC. Learn more.
A guide to Redpanda on Kubernetes
Learn how to deploy Redpanda in Kubernetes to create a flexible, resilient, and scalable infrastructure that’s ideal for streaming use cases.
STAR WARS™ Makes Its Way to Discord
For this year’s Power of the Force celebrations, we’re hyped to release a brand-new collection of Star Wars themed Avatar Decorations and Profile Effects!
Discord Patch Notes: May 1, 2025
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Doom GPU Flame Graphs
AI Flame Graphs are now open source and include Intel Battlemage GPU support, which means it can also generate full-stack GPU flame graphs for providing new insights into gaming performance, especially when coupled with FlameScope (an older open source project of mine). Here's an example of GZDoom, ...
Easily turn any gRPC service into an MCP server
Redpanda is simplifying how AI agents and apps interact with our APIs. Meet our latest open-source tool that turns gRPC APIs into MCP servers.