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Real-Time Model Inference with Apache Kafka and Flink for Predictive AI and GenAI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are transforming business operations by enabling systems to learn from data and make…

2 months ago

Apache Kafka and Tinybird (ClickHouse) for Streaming Analytics HTTP APIs

Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for data streaming. However, the combination of an event-driven architecture with request-response APIs…

8 months ago

JavaScript, Node.js and Apache Kafka for Full-Stack Data Streaming

JavaScript is a pivotal technology for web applications. With the emergence of Node.js, JavaScript became relevant for both client-side and…

9 months ago

GenAI Demo with Kafka, Flink, LangChain and OpenAI

Generative AI (GenAI) enables automation and innovation across industries. This blog post explores a simple but powerful architecture and demo…

10 months ago

How the Retailer Intersport uses Apache Kafka as Database with Compacted Topic

Compacted Topic is a feature of Apache Kafka to persist and query the latest up-to-date event of a Kafka Topic.…

10 months ago

The Data Streaming Landscape 2024

The research company Forrester defines data streaming platforms as a new software category in a new Forrester Wave. Apache Kafka…

11 months ago

Apache Kafka + Vector Database + LLM = Real-Time GenAI

Generative AI (GenAI) enables advanced AI use cases and innovation but also changes how the enterprise architecture looks like. Large…

1 year ago

Request-Response with REST/HTTP vs. Data Streaming with Apache Kafka – Friends, Enemies, Frenemies?

Request-response communication with REST / HTTP is simple, well understood, and supported by most technologies, products, and SaaS cloud services.…

2 years ago

Comparison: JMS Message Queue vs. Apache Kafka

Comparing JMS-based message queue (MQ) infrastructures and Apache Kafka-based data streaming is a widespread topic. Unfortunately, the battle is an…

3 years ago

Analytics vs. Transactions in Data Streaming with Apache Kafka

Workloads for analytics and transactions have very unlike characteristics and requirements. Many people think that Apache Kafka is not built…

3 years ago