Kafka Distributions Landscape

One aspect of Apache Kafka that makes it superior to other event streaming projects is not its technical features and…

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Which is better: A monolithic Kafka cluster vs many?

Apache Kafka is designed for performance and large volumes of data. Kafka’s append-only log format, sequential I/O access, and zero…

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Data Gateways in the Cloud Native Era

These days, there is a lot of excitement around 12-factor apps, microservices, and service mesh, but not so much around…

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The After Open Source Era Has Started

Open source is the current norm for developer collaboration and customer adoption in software. It is the foundation that enabled…

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Free and open source is not good enough

Lack of free When I was at university, I had to pick between Java and .Net to direct my career.…

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Multi-Runtime Microservices Architecture

Creating good distributed applications is not an easy task: such systems often follow the 12-factor app and microservices principles. They…

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What Can Blockchain Projects Learn from Open Source?

I’ve been involved with open source over a decade now. I’ve been part of small projects with innovative ideas which…

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Rapid SEMAT Application Development with Apache Isis

TL;DR This post talks about a SEMAT pet project I created using Apache Isis and deployed to OpenShift Online here http://semat.ofbizian.com Apache…

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Short Retry vs Long Retry in Apache Camel

Camel Design Patterns book describes 20 patterns and numerous tips and best practices for designing Apache Camel based integration solutions.…

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