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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.
A final goodbye to OperatrIO
2025 is a pivotal moment at Factor House, formerly Operatr.IO. We've announced our fundraise and have more to share about our roadmap this year, so it's time to retire the io.operatr artifacts.
Is your data stack ready for the EU Data Act?
The EU Data Act takes effect in September 2025, with major implications for teams running Kafka. This explores what it means for engineers, and how Kpow can help ensure compliance.
Deploy Kpow on EKS via AWS Marketplace using Helm
Deploy Kpow on Amazon EKS via the AWS Marketplace using Helm and eksctl to automate IRSA, enabling secure license validation via AWS License Manager and usage reporting for hourly subscriptions.
Beyond Kafka: signals from Current London 2025
At Current London 2025, the shift from Kafka Summit signaled a move toward streaming-first AI, system-level control, and production-ready Flink. Here's what Factor House saw and learned.
Amazon Corretto 11 Memory Issues
A move to v2 cgroups by several Linux distributions, including Amazon Linux 2022 and RHEL 9, highlights a JVM issue in Amazon Corretto 11 that can cause a container to exit with OOMKilled errors.
Introducing Factor House 2.0 🚀
Today we introduce Flex for Apache Flink, and announce the Factor Platform, the future of distributed systems engineering.
Factor House Product VPAT
We first published a VPAT in the release notes of Kpow for Apache Kafka v92.4, with one available in every Kpow release since. We are extending that commitment to all future Factor House releases.
From Bootstrap to Blackbird: The Future of Factor House
Factor House has closed a $5M seed round led by Blackbird Ventures to accelerate the commercial release of the Factor Platform, ending a five-year bootstrapped journey.