Will LaForest 🇺🇦

John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work. John McCain had character. That’s what I think about so much these days because it’s so different from what we see out of the Republican nominee.

One of the most exciting @kafkastreams KIPs ever!

Building Trust in AI Means Building Trust in Data confluent.io/blog/Building-… via @confluentinc by @WLaForest

@aebadirad @FreddysUSA Bingo

@WLaForest @FreddysUSA The littlest one, because they have an extra stomach for candy or ice cream. But, no room for any veggies. 😂

Ready for lunch at @FreddysUSA! Question is, who will eat the most custard. It’s not the one you think!

Kafka meets Iceberg in Confluent Cloud

In episode 27 @ctindel and @smayzak talk to @WLaForest, Field CTO @confluentinc about his journey in the data space, working previously at @MarkLogic, @MongoDB, and @RedHat. Will also opines on why people love Kafka still and don't want to get rid of it. youtube.com/watch?v=wp6tOy…

Seems @kafkastreams is on 🔥 recently! - KIP-960: IQ for versioned-stores - KIP-955: stream-table FK-join (🤔) - KIP-954: custom stores for DSL default store config - KIP-941: allow `null` for IQ range queries - KIP-892: TX stores - KIP-759: repartition canceling Way to go!

Meetup Alert! 👉 Join @WLaForest and @jeff_blaisdell in Minneapolis on Tuesday July 25th as they explore #ApacheKafka tuning for low-latency and building a dynamic rules engine with Kafka Streams. Sign up here ➡️meetup.com/twincities-apa…

Q&A—How Wealthsimple Builds API Financial Solutions with Confluent confluent.io/blog/api-finan… via @confluentinc by @WLaForest

Redpanda bring out benchmark after benchmark claiming performance superiority over Apache Kafka. I decided to run my own tests to see if any of it was true. jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2023/5/15…

Gary Neville's combined Man United 99' and Man City 23' team. Not a Manchester City player in sight 😅❌

@Inside_Lacrosse @ThePlayersAcad @TigerLacrosse @UVAMensLax @OhioStateMLAX @TerrierMLAX Dickson because of strength of opponent

🗳️ VOTE for @ThePlayersAcad Player of Week 7⃣! 🗳️ @TigerLacrosse Coulter Mackesy 8G, 2A vs. Yale @UVAMensLax Xander Dickson 6G, 1A vs. ND @OhioStateMLAX Bobby Van Buren 1CT, 1GB & held Rutgers' Scott pointless @TerrierMLAX Dane DeGoler 7GB, 6CT, 1G vs. Harvard

After the Keynote, we had several fireside chats with our awesome customers. Brandon Brown from @security_score joined us to share his advice for people just getting started with #datastreaming. 👇 #DataInMotionTour

@mjasay People who have not seen what goes into running a durable fully managed service can’t. Then companies like Snowflake, MongoDB and @confluentinc have to do this across multiple CSPs.

Sometimes we don't give enough credit to the cloud providers for just how different cloud is than traditional software. It means assuming the full burden of *operating* the software, which legacy vendors leave with the customer. ½

Companies must compete on their ability to fully maximize the value of their data. It's the economic principle of create destruction playing out in modern times. The question is who will rise from the destruction? #datainnovation #datamesh #kafka link.medium.com/8585sHAOMvb

Thank you @SenatorSinema (@kyrstensinema) for taking the bold step of going independent. The number 1 thing we can do to help American democracy is to break this stupid 2 party system. Wish more politicians would be this brave. #twopartiesisstupid

@FOXSoccer nope

You be the judge... Was this in or out? 🧐

Disgusted w/ @FIFAWorldCup. Pathetic they are preventing "one love" armbands, & won't even let Belgium wear shirts with "love" stitched on the collar. No spine by national federations as well. I will not watch 1 match. This whole world cup is a disgrace. #BoycottQatar2022

Just now: Security guard refusing to let me into the stadium for USA-Wales. “You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed.”