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Apache Kafka® 4.1.0: Advancing Queues and rack-aware rebalancing returns

What is new in the latest Kafka release? In my previous blog, I introduced the new Streams Rebalance Protocol. Now, I'm diving&...

What’s new in Kafka® 4.1.0? Introducing the new Streams Rebalance Protocol

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at new Apache Kafka versions and features (Kafka 4.0.0 back in July/August 2025, just after&...

Understanding OpenSearch® vector field types—Part 1: knn_vector

Overview In today's AI-driven landscape, users expect applications to behave like intelligent assistants—understanding intent, ...

OpenSearch version 3.6 release—smart agents and fast search

OpenSearch 3.6 is shaping up to be a landmark release, bringing meaningful advances across machine learning, vector search, neural...

How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 3: ...

The missing piece In parts 1 and 2, we built a complete streaming pipeline: Kafka for ingestion, Kafka Connect for data movement,&...

How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 2: ...

Where we left off In part 1, we deployed a managed Apache Kafka cluster with Terraform. That gave us a reliable message&hellip...

How to build a streaming analytics pipeline with Terraform and Instaclustr—Part 1: Setting...

Why this series exists Every year, teams spend countless hours clicking through cloud consoles, manually provisioning ...

Visual Guide to Apache Kafka Diskless Topics & Cloud Costs

A visual guide to Apache Kafka® Diskless Topics: Finding Zen in the cloud I’ve been tracking the progress of Apache Kafka "...

Apache Cassandra® 5.0: Improving performance with Unified Compaction Strategy

Introduction Unified Compaction Strategy (UCS), introduced in Apache Cassandra 5.0, is a versatile compaction framework that not ...