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Elephant in the Room, Episode 3: Building a CFP Review Platform with PostgreSQL & Django Live

Mar 2, 2026 By Aiven In Aiven
In Episode 3 of Elephant in the Room, we move from discussion to delivery with a hands-on, live build of a real, community-focused application. Join Jay Miller, Abigail Mesrenyame Dogbe and Andres Pineda as they collaboratively design and build a CFP (Call for Proposals) review platform using PostgreSQL and Django. The aim: create a practical tool that helps speakers receive better feedback and helps organisers discover new and diverse voices.
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What is a Real-Time Data Lake?

Feb 28, 2026 By David Bunting In ChaosSearch
A data lake is a centralized data repository where structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from a variety of sources can be stored in their raw format. Data lakes help eliminate data silos by acting as a single landing zone for data from multiple sources. But what's the difference between a traditional data lake and a real-time data lake? Some traditional data lakes use batch processing, which involves processing and analyzing a collection of data that has been stored over a specific timeframe. For example, payroll and billing systems that are handled on a weekly or monthly basis might use batch processing.
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The "Now" Problem: Why BESS Operations Demand Last Value Caching

Feb 26, 2026 By Suyash Joshi In InfluxData
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) represent one of the most unforgiving environments for real-time data. Unlike a passive asset, a battery is a complex electrochemical system where safety and revenue are determined by split-second decisions. In this context, “average” latency can become a serious problem. Performance depends entirely on one key question.
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Log Management for your Homelab with Fluentd and Aiven for PostgreSQL

Feb 25, 2026 By Aiven In Aiven
Tired of not knowing why your home lab containers are crashing? In this video, we’ll walk through how to set up a consolidated logging pipeline using Aiven for PostgreSQL (with TimescaleDB), Fluentd and Grafana — all running on my upgraded Mac Mini home lab. The key insight: never keep your troubleshooting tools on the same machine that's giving you problems!
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Get Kafka-Nated S2E2: Viktor Kessler on Apache Iceberg, OSS, and Community

Feb 23, 2026 By Aiven In Aiven
In this episode, we sit down with Viktor Kessler, co-founder of Vakamo, major contributor to Lakekeeper, and organiser of Apache Iceberg Meetup Europe, to explore the evolving world of Apache Iceberg. From architectural deep dives to open-source governance, Viktor shares insights from building an Iceberg REST catalog in Rust, launching a company around open data governance and growing the European Iceberg community from Dublin to Vilnius.
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