Is Paimon just Iceberg on steroids?
Giannis Polyzos sits down with Hugh Evans to discuss whether Paimon is really just Iceberg, only better.
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Open Source Liquibase MongoDB Native Executor by Harness | Harness Blog
Harness is strengthening the open Liquibase ecosystem by introducing a native MongoDB executor that removes long-standing limitations for Community Edition users. It enables teams to run MongoDB scripts, generate changelogs, and integrate database workflows into CI/CD without relying on paid extensions. The initiative reinforces open collaboration while making MongoDB-based database DevOps more accessible, consistent, and production-ready.
Elephant in the Room, Episode 2: Working with Feature Flags, Read Replicas, and Postgres Analytics
Welcome to Elephant in the Room – presented by Aiven, the live series where we explore the real-world challenges developers face when working with PostgreSQL, the database that everyone depends on but few fully leverage. In Episode 2, Jay Miller, Staff Product Advocate at Aiven, is joined by Alexis Roberson, Senior Developer Educator and feature flag enthusiast, to break down how feature flags help teams ship faster, reduce risk and improve user experiences in PostgreSQL-backed applications.
Is 'Batch Good Enough'? Check Your User Experience
Giannis Polyzos chats with Hugh Evans about whether batch data processing is truly “good enough".
Get Kafka-Nated S2E1: Giannis Polyzos on Fluss, Lakehouse, and the Future of Streaming
Season 2 of Get Kafka-Nated kicks off with Giannis Polyzos, member of the Fluss PMC, for a deep dive into one of data infrastructure’s longest-running debates: streaming vs. batch, or both? What we’ll cover: Timestamps: Useful links.
The foundations of software: open source libraries and their maintainers
Open source libraries are repositories of code that developers can use and, depending on the license, contribute to, modify, and redistribute. Open source libraries are usually developed on a platform like GitHub, and distributed using package registries like PyPI for Python and npm for JavaScript. These repositories contain pre-written, re-usable code that developers use to add elements or features within their software projects.
Why Your Data Catalog is Your AI's Brain | Stan Dmitriev, AI Product Director at Aiven
Data catalogs are no longer just for compliance - they are the essential context layer for AI. While LLMs are powerful, they fail without the "tribal knowledge" found in metadata. This session explores how to transform your catalog from a static repository into an active nervous system for AI agents.
Context Management for Agentic RAG | Johan Jern, Co-founder & CTO at Realm
Some queries are hard to solve with "basic" RAG. When questions require multi-step reasoning, full-document understanding (not just chunks), or aggregating many results that match specific criteria, simple retrieve-and-generate pipelines break down, we need agentic RAG. But this added capability comes at a cost: as agents plan, search, read, and iterate, they quickly use up a lot of context, which both degrades answer quality and increases costs and latency.
Why Your Company Will Be Running OpenClaw Next Year
You’ve probably heard of OpenClaw. Maybe you’ve seen the demos where an AI agent opens a browser, navigates to your CRM, fills in a form, and files a support ticket. No API required. Maybe you thought “that’s cool but I’d never run that at work.” Your employees already are. According to Permiso’s research, 22% of enterprise customers have employees running OpenClaw without IT approval.
Get Kafka-Nated Bonus Episode: Viktor's Kafka Journey
In this episode, we sit down with Viktor Somogyi-Vass, a veteran of the Kafka ecosystem who recently joined Aiven after nearly a decade at Cloudera. Viktor shares his journey from becoming an Apache Kafka Committer to tackling the most complex challenges in modern cloud-native streaming. We dive deep into the architectural shift from traditional data centers to the cloud, exploring how Diskless Kafka (Disaggregated Storage) is slashing costs and why KIP-1134 is the next frontier for true multi-tenancy.