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What is Apache Kafka, Why and When to use Kafka. Lesson 1

Introduction To truly master a technology like Apache Kafka, we must first understand its purpose, origins, and practical applications. This article explores why Kafka exists, its history, the companies leveraging it, and the scenarios where it shines, drawing insights from the official Apache Kafka introduction (https://kafka.apache.org/intro). What is Apache Kafka? Apache Kafka is an open-source…

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Build your own Posthog – PART 1

Introduction and Project Overview What if I told you that you could build your own version of PostHog or Mixpanel in just a weekend? That’s exactly what I did with SmolHog – and through this blog, I’m going to share why I built it, how it works, and why you should care. The Why Every…

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Apache Iceberg Dev Mailing List – Weekly Digest (Aug 9 – 15, 2025)

SparkTable refreshEagerly clarification The week began with a clarification question about the refreshEagerly option on SparkTable. Limin Ma asked whether enabling refreshEagerly would automatically fetch changes from the remote catalog and update Spark’s schema. Szehon Ho clarified that refreshEagerly only refreshes the local table metadata; it does not fetch remote changes. To ensure that Spark sees the…

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Local Meeting Notes with Whisper Transcription + Ollama Summaries (Gemma3n, LLaMA, Mistral) — Meetily AI

Introduction Taking notes during meetings is one of those universal pain points. Most teams either assign someone to jot down minutes, or rely on cloud-based AI note takers like Otter, Fireflies, or Jamie. But these come with trade-offs: Your data lives on someone else’s servers. Subscription costs scale with team size. Integrations can break or…

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