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Why We’re All Becoming Context Engineers
If you’ve ever watched a master mechanic or an elite chef at work, you’ll notice they never have every single tool they own spread out on the table at once. Instead, they use a mise en place, a carefully curated workspace where only the exa...
🌀 Streams, Schemas, and Swamp Gas: Why Every Streaming Nerd Is Flocking to New Orleans This October
Welcome to Current 2025: New Orleans - the world’s only conference where:
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Kafka committers and Flink PMCs debate over beignets ☕
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Streaming meets GenAI (and actually means something)
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And “state management” refers to something...
One Year, Twenty Times
I’ve been thinking a lot about what “experience” really means in our industry. We like to talk in years - 15 years in data engineering, 10 years with Kafka, 5 years leading teams. But time served doesn’t tell the whole story.
I’ve met engi...
Every Company Is Now a Developer Tools Company
My friend is writing a new book. He said this thing that made me stop and think:
“Every Company Is Now a Developer Tools Company”
If you think about it, this is true. With $20 and an ok computer, anyone in the world can create a w...
How to get your cold talk abstract accepted
As the program committee (PC) Chair for Current events (prev. Kafka Summit), a many-year PC member on the DATA + AI Summits (by Databricks), PC at Microsoft developer events, conference organizer (FlipCon), track lead, and PC at QCon events...
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Engineering leader with 15+ years in ML, data streaming, and big data. I share practical insights on Data & AI, open-source, and responsible tech—blending hands-on experience with strategic perspective.
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