News, guides, and engineering deep dives.
News, guides, and engineering deep dives on Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, and real-time data.
Self-Service Kafka Governance: Streamlining Workflows with Kpow and ServiceNow
Implement Just-in-Time Kafka access by integrating Kpow with ServiceNow. Automate approvals and temporary policy management to enhance security and developer self-service.
Beyond Reagent: Migrating to React 19 with HSX and RFX
Introducing two new open sources Clojure UI libraries by Factor House. HSX and RFX are drop-replacements for Reagent and Re-Frame, allowing us to migrate to React 19 while maintaining a familiar developer experience with Hiccup and similar data-driven event model.
Improvements to Data Inspect in Kpow 94.3
Kpow's 94.3 release is here, transforming how you work with Kafka. Instantly query topics using plain English with our new AI-powered filtering, automatically decode any message format without manual setup, and leverage powerful new enhancements to our kJQ language. This update makes inspecting Kafka data more intuitive and powerful than ever before.
Introducing Factor House Docs
We're excited to launch the new Factor House Docs, a unified hub for all our product documentation. Discover key improvements like a completely new task-based structure, interactive kJQ examples, and powerful search, all designed to help you find the information you need, faster than ever. Explore the new home for all things Kpow, Flex, Factor Platform and more.
Data Inspect Enhancements in Kpow 94.5
Kpow 94.5 enhances data inspection with comma-separated kJQ Projection expressions, in-browser search, and flexible deserialization options. This release also adds high-performance streaming for large datasets and expands kJQ with new transforms and functions—testable on our new interactive examples page. These updates provide deeper insights and more granular control over your Kafka data streams.
Releasing Software at Factor House: Our Java Compatibility and Evolution Strategy
At Factor House, delivering reliable software is at the heart of everything we do. A key aspect of this commitment lies in our approach to managing Java compatibility. This blog post outlines our current release process and future plans for evolving Java support, including our approach to deprecating older versions in a way that respects the needs of diverse customer bases.
How to Integrate Kpow with OCI Streaming with Apache Kafka
Integrate Kpow with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming with Apache Kafka in minutes. Gain unified visibility and control over your OCI brokers and ecosystem components through our market-leading engineering toolkit.
Unified community license for Kpow and Flex
The unified Factor House Community License works with both Kpow Community Edition and Flex Community Edition, meaning one license will unlock both products. This makes it even simpler to explore modern data streaming tools, create proof-of-concepts, and evaluate our products.
Kpow Custom Serdes and Protobuf v4.31.1
This post explains an update in the version of protobuf libraries used by Kpow, and a possible compatibility impact this update may cause to user defined Custom Serdes.